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DINWIDDIE CLAN 



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NORTH-WESTERN INDIANA. 



T. H. HALL, 

EDITOR AND PUBLISHF.K, 
CROWN POINT, IND. 



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CONTENTS: 

Editor's Note. 
Introduction. 

I. Organization of the Dinwiddie Clan. 

II. Dinwiddies in Scotland. 

III. The Northern Indiana Family. 

IV. Extract from Dunwoody Hook. 

V. ( >ther Dinwiddies. 

VI. Extracts from Letters. 
Conclusion. 



EDITOR'S NOTE. 



EDITOR'S NOTE. 

The material for this book has been gathered almost en- 
tirely by Oscar Dinwiddie of Plum Grove, postofrke 
Orchard Grove, who acquired a love for such research 
many years ago, and who has been carrying on a corres- 
pondence for twenty-five or more years that has become 
quite extensive, reaching into Scotland, England, Ireland, 
and into various states of this Union. 

As the "Dinwiddie Clan" of Lake and Porter, offered to 
me at their seventh anniversary, at Hebron, Sept. 7, 1901, 
the work of publishing their records, this gathered mate- 
rial was placed in my hands, to be arranged and worked up 
according to my judgment, so as to make it, of its kind, 
not only an acceptable but, if possible, a model book. How 
well I have succeeded the readers must judge. My re- 
strictions were: not to put in much biography, and only 
such likenesses as were paid for by the individual families 
specially interested. This latter limitation prevented any 
partiality being shown on my part. The family lines, as 
fully as practicable, were to be brought down to Dec. 3T, 
1000. 



DIXWIDDIL CLAN'. 



There have conn- into my hands for examination a "Bio- 
graphical Sketch of the Rev. John Cuthbertson, the first 
Reformed Presbyterian Minister in America," and a Gene 
alogy of the "Dunwoody and Hood Families," by Gilbert 
Cope, Westchester, Pennsylvania, Minneapolis. iSgcj. 

This book, (which for convenience of reference I will 
call the "Dunwoody book," and this on which I am now 
working, the"Dinwiddie book,") I have studied carefulh 
to learn the plan on which it was arranged and to fin; 
information. This Dunwoody hook, says the title page, 
is "Based upon Original Researches." I have sought to 
learn by whom they were made and tor whom made. 

It appears that Charles Rogers of London in Decem- 
ber 1877 wrote a letter of information in regard to th< 
"Dunwoodie or Dinwoodie family" to W. C. Hepburn ol 
Mark Lane. London. England; also that Walter McLeod 
of Edinburgh or Edinboro, Scotland, made' considerable 
research in Dumfries and Glasgow in December 1- 
which seems to have been done at the request ot William 
11. Dunwoody of Minneapolis. Minnesota, and tor his use. 
Also. Dow M. Corquadale of Glasgow, in May "( 1894 
wrote to James Wilson a letter containing the results ot 
much research, but concerning Dinwiddies, not Dunwood- 
ies, especially Robert. Laurence or Lawrence, and others. 
This Laurence Dinwiddie, called the youngest merchant 
in Glasgow, seems also to be called Lawrence Dinwoodie. 



EDITOR'S NOTE. 5. 



By whom other researches were made does not appear; 
hut the evidence suggests that all were made for W. H. 
Dunwoody of Minneapolis. 

The following letter from him will be of interest in this 

connection. 

Minneapolis, Minx.. Nov. 5, 1898. 

Mr. (). Dinwiddie. 

Orchard Grove. Ind. 

Dear Sir: 

Your postal of 25th ult. received, and I enclose herewith 
copies of such information as I thought might be interest- 
ing to you and your family. 

In my several visits to England and Scotland, I have 
tried to get some information about the early history of 
the family, but I could not find anything showing connec- 
tion between oar family and any of those now living there, 
or the dates on which any of the family emigrated to this 
country. My great-great-grandfather, David Dunwoody, 
appeared among the taxables of Goshen, Chester County, 
in 1740. This is the farthest back that I have been able 
to trace the family, and there is nothing to show where he 
came from or whether he had any relatives in this country. 
As the spelling of the name was the same at that date that 
we use at present, I assume that your family has no con- 
nection with ours since that time. 

I hope you may find this information of use to you. I 
will send you a copy of our family history as soon as it is 
printed, and I will be glad to have one of yours. 

Yours truly. 

WM. H. DUNWOODY. 



6. DINWIDDIE CLAN. 



By whom the researches for Dunwoody history in this 
country were mack- does not appear, except by the author. 
The history, proper, begins with David Dunwoody (i) ol 

Chester county, Pennsylvania, who is found in Goshen 
township in 1747. but whose place of nativity was not as- 
certained. That he was an immigrant of Scottish ancestry 
is considered beyond question. From him fifty-four de- 
scendants are traced with more or less fulness, as numbered, 
and the names are given of many others. Wills and deed-, 
with much other information, are interspersed. 

My best and first class authorities in using the material 
placed in my hands are three: 

1. The old family Bible belonging to Thomas Dinwid- 
die, a grandson of David Dinwiddieol Marsh Creek, which 

Bible is now in the possession of Mr. Seth Pearce ol Eagle 
Creek, a grandson of Thomas Dinwiddie. 

2. The Will of David Dinwiddie of Marsh Creek. 

3. The Cuthbertson Sketch. 

All these have been in my hands tor examination. 

T. 11. BALI. 



INTRODUCTION. 7. 



INTRODUCTION. 

It is a well recognized tact that a man has no choice as 
to his ancestry. It is also recognized as desirable for any 
one to have back of himself a good ancestral line. 

There are many now in the United States who find in- 
terest and instruction in tracing back, so far as is possible, 
their lines of ancestry, and this department of literary work 
is rapidly growing. 

The ancestral problem is a strange one. Its results are 
astounding. As every child now in the world has had a 
father and a mother and so two grandfathers and two grand- 
mothers, and, where there has been no intermarriage, four 
great grandfathers and four great grandmothers, it follows 
according to the well known law of progression that a child 
of to-day had living, ten generations ago, if no intermar- 
riages between families took place, a thousand and twenty- 
four ancestors; and one million of ancestors twenty gener- 
ations ago. It would then follow that fifteen hundred 
children, selected, one hundred each, from fifteen most 
widely separated nations, one only from a family, must 
have had living twenty generations ago, fifteen hundred 
millions, (1,500,000,000) of ancestors, and this is the pres- 
ent estimated population of the entire globe. The result, 
then, of this problem is preposterously absurd. It is evi- 
dent that thousands now living must have had, not many 
generations ago, the same ancestors. The royal families 
of Europe, it is well known, have intermarried very fully; 
and families not royal have evidently done the same. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The very absurdity of the result ol the ancestral problem 
leads to the fact ol the interlacing oi the human race; and 
it we start with the Bible teaching that all now living are 
descendants of the three sons of Noah, it is abundantly 
evident that the first generation, born alter these three 
noted men, married cousins, the second must have married 
second cousins, and so the lines ol relationship could sep- 
arate more and more as the number ol human beings in- 
creased. Beginning therefore at either cm\ of the line, 
then, we come to the Scripture teaching, all nations are 
OF ONE BLOOD. 

In now tracing up family lines it is abundantly evident 

that no individual can follow back to any great distance 
many lines ol ancestry. It is therefore customary and 
desirable now to trace up mainly one family name. 

The researches in this work are connected with the name 

DlNWIDDIE. 



ORGANIZATION. 



1. ORGANIZATION OFTHK DINWIDDIE CLAN. 

Through suggestions and imitations from several mem- 
bers of the Dinwiddie, Sweney, McAlpin, and other con- 
nected families of the Didwiddie line, a large family re- 
union was held in the grove at Hebron, Porter county, 
Indiana, Saturday, September I, 1894. 

The following is a paragraph from the published records 
of this meeting: 

"The members of the large Dinwiddie family, those 
bearing the name and those now bearing other names, 
trace back their descent through a known and certain line, 
for three hundred years, to David Dinwiddie of Scotland, 
who was born about the year 1600. Through him they 
trace an uncertain line back, perhaps through Thomas 
Dinwiddie, the chief of his clan, slain in the Dinwiddie 
tower in 1503, or perhaps through the Laird of Dinwiddie, 
assassinated in Edinburg in 15 12, or through some other 
line, to Allen Dinwithie, mentioned in 1296, the recognized 
progenitor of the ancient Dinwithie family of Scottish his- 
tory. The little children, therefore, of this generation can 
claim membership in a family six hundred years old, al- 
though they can trace their descent for only ten genera- 
tions through the last three hundred years, leaving ten 
generations, back of these known ten, not yet traced from 
father to son or daughter." 

About one hundred and twenty were present. An en- 
rollment of members was commenced, and it was voted to 



io. DIXWIDDIK CLAN. 



meet again on the first Saturday in September, 1895. A-t 
this second meeting the name "Dinwiddie Clan," as sug- 
gested by Mr. W. E. Sweney, was adopted, and the organ- 
ization was perfected. 

The following is a paragraph from the record of this 
second meeting: 

"As it was too cool for comfort in the grove in the fore- 
noon, the different families as they arrived gathered in 
Union Hall, where the long tables were set and were soon 
loaded for the banquet. One of these was set apart for 
the children, of whom there were at the table 52, and at 
the other tables were seated at the dinner hour, 117, mak- 
ing number of all the guests 169. About 20 of these were 
invited visitors; as it was found after dinner, when the ar- 
tist arranged the real family group before his camera, that 
this group numbered 150. Of the members of this group. 
more than one-third, 54, being children, it was interesting, 
to one acquainted with many of them, to observe, in these 
members of the tenth and eleventh generations, how much 
of the old Scottish blood and Scottish faith remained, not- 
withstanding the intermarriage with English and Ameri- 
cans. ( )| course, after so many or s<> \ { -w generations, all 
.ire now distinctly Americans." 

A record ol the third re-union : 

"The members of the "Dinwiddie Clan" met for their 

third annual re-union on Saturday, September 5th, 1S96, 
in the grove of E. W. Dinwiddie, just west of the residence 
..I 1. Bryant. 



ORGANIZATION. u. 



The morning was cloudy with some indications of rain, 
but the bright warming sunshine came at length, and rep- 
resentatives of three generations, one hundred and fifty in 
number, gathered in good time for the large family din- 
ner. A table had been erected ninety-six feet long and 
of appropriate table width, which was well supplied with 
the needful utensils for conveniently partaking of the food. 
Of the abundance and variety of that food nothing need 
be said, as Plum Grove is in the heart of one of the great 
food producing regions of the land. And this year there 
was no need to send to Michigan for our peaches; and 
both peaches and grapes, of home growth, were abundant. 

There were present besides the Lake and Porter county 
members of the 'Clan,' Mrs. Eudora Dinwiddie, wife of 
John Dinwiddie, of Laporte county, and their daughter 
Miss Ella; Mr. and Mrs. Cowley and their son, of Harvey, 
111; Dr. Turner and wife, of Lansing, 111; David Miller, 
wife and daughter, of Carthage, Missouri; and Mrs. Per- 
kins and niece, Mrs. Pfaff, of Oneida, N. Y. Letters were 
received from members of the large family who are now 
residing in Oregon, but this year none could be present. 

Although the great features of the day were the social 
greetings and renewals of old acquaintance and the form- 
ing of new ones, the games and sports of the children, of 
whom there were present as usual not a few, (cousins 
of various degrees,) and then the family dinner around one 
large table, yet, after the dinner to which ample time was 
given, there were musical and literary exercises for the en- 



12. DINWIDDIE CLAN. 



joyment of all. A good platform had been constructed, 
well decorated with flags and red, white, and blue bunting, 
scats had been provided, and there the- guests assembled. 
The- musical instruments were two drums, a guitar, and an 
organ. The president, A. Murray Turner, occupied the 
chair and called the assembly to order, Rev, J. X. Buchan- 
an offered prayer. Miss Belle Dinwiddie was organist. 
The trained hands of Mrs. Dilley handled the guitar. Reci- 
tations were given by the very little children and the lar- 
ger children. Among tin- latter were some nicely ren- 
dered selections by Cora and Edith Dinwiddie-. A paper 
on 'Fallacies' was read by Miss Sweney, a recitation. The 
Lighthouse, was given by Miss Belle Dinwiddie, and a se- 
lected poem was read by Miss Maggie Buchanan. A short 
address was given by Mr. W. E. Sweney. There were 
solos and quartette singing, and a paper of historic - inter- 
esl was read by Mrs. M. T. Holm, of Crown Point. Mr. 
Will Vilmer was present with his camera and took views 
ot the table and the people." 

The sixth meeting of the Clan, the fifth anniversary, 
was held at Hebron, Sept. 2, 1S99. The following is from 
the- published account of that re-union: 

"The Clan has a much varied membership. While the 
majority ot the members are farmers it has a number of 
school teachers, a druggist, a jeweler, a dentist, a physi- 
cian, a coroner, a president of an electric railway company, 
several clergymen, and one member sells hay in lots of one 
hundred car loads; there are- plenty of good singers for 



ORGA NIZATION. 13. 

choir or solo, and many who play on a variety of musical 
instruments, as well as churns and washing machines, and 
that we have a great many first-class cooks is shown by 
the fine display of nice looking and well cooked food at 
each annual gathering. Some of our members served in the 
war during the 'late unpleasantness,' and some are now in 
Cuba and the Philippines; one is a war correspondent for 
one of the best known weeklies. All are sturdy, brave 
and honest American citizens ready to do their duty to 
their flag and country as well as they are trying to do what 
they think is right toward their families and friends. With 
Scotch descendants of the Dinwiddie and Wilson families, 
by marriage, many of English, German, French, and other 
nationalities have been brought in, but all are loyal to 
Uncle Sam. 

Through the kindness of our ex-president, A. Murray 
Turner, of Hammond, a very fine album was furnished 
the Clan and Will Vilmer, official photographer, of Crown 
Point, Ind., kindly donated with the album, pictures taken 
at each meeting heretofore. Owing to the excessive mod- 
esty of both the gentlemen, no formal presentation speech 
was made or vote of thanks returned, but the Clan appre- 
ciate fully the thoughtfulness of our friends." 

At the seventh re-union, among other items of business, 
letters of regret were read from Gov. Theodore Roose- 
velt of New York, and Rev. C. C. Smith, of Chicago. 



14. DINWIDDIE CLAN. 



"Visiting- members from a distance and invited guests 
were: J. C. Emory and wife, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Ab< 
Fuller, Little Rivers, Iowa; Ezra Brownell and wife, Win- 
terset, Iowa; Mrs. Stuppy, Iowa; Mr. Morris, South Dako- 
to; Mrs. W. B. Doddridge, Mentone, Ind; Mrs. E. R. 
Beebe, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. and Miss McGuire, Mrs. 
fackman, of Illinois; Wm. Shinn and wife, Whiting, Ind; 
Mrs. Wm. Brown, Miss Brown, Mrs. John Fisher, Will 
Vilmer, wife, mother and children, of Crown Point." 

The Presidents thus far have been: A. Murray Turner, 
W. E. Sweney, and Dr. Samuel Turner. Secretary O. Din- 
widdie. Acting chaplains: Rev. J. N. Buchanan and Rev. 
T. H. Ball. 



DINWIDDIKS IN SCOTLAND. 



II. DINWIDDIES IN SCOTLAND. 

The name Din\yjlddie, written also Dinwoodie, Dinwiddy, 
Dinwitty, Dinwidy, Dunwoddy, Dunwoody, Dunwody, 

Dunwooddy, Dunwoodies, and in more than one hun- 
dred other forms, is one of the old historic, Scottish names. 
In what is called the "Ragman's Roll," of 1296. the 
name given to the parchment rolls of the instruments by 
which the Scottish nobility and gentry subscribed alle- 
giance to Edward I. of England, is found the name of 
Allen Dinwithie, called "the progenitor of the Dinwiddies, 
who were chief proprietors on lands in the Parish of 
Applegarth, Annandale, Dumfreshire." [See Virginia 
Historical Papers. Also, Dinwiddie Papers, Vol. I.J 
"Thomas, chief of the Clan," it is stated, "was slain in 
Dinwiddie tower in 1 503, by the Jardines, who also are said 
to have killed the Laird of Dinwoodie in the streets of 
Edinburgh in 1 5 12." 

In 1518 took place the noted battle of Dryef Sands, 
in which another Laird of Dinwoodie took part. A poem 
describing that battle says: 

"Dinwoodies Laird, a wondrous wight. 

In stature tall as mountain pine, 

Drove fierce and furious through the fight, 

While blood dark dimmed his sabre's shine." 

Twelve stanzas of this poem were sent in 1884 to O, 
Dinwiddie of Plum Grove, from Rev. David Dinwoodie of 
Annan Cemetery, Scotland. 



16. dinwtddie: clan. 



He writes under the date of Dec. 12, 1884: "All my 
fore-fathers lived and died, and have become almost name- 
Less as the leaves of the forest, about the parishes of 
Applegirth and Lochmaben. Looking at Bacon's Popu- 
lar Map of Scotland last night, I could see three promi- 
nent places, such as Dinwoodie Castle, Dinwoodie Holm, 
and Dinwoodie Green. The last place got its name from 
the first Dinwoodie in the world." He states, but is unable 
to give the date or the king's name, that in early times a 
king of Scotland offered one hundred pounds in money to 
to any one who would kill a noted outlaw. A man. 
named John Din, killed this noted outlaw and received 
this reward, having carried the outlaw's head to the king 
on a woodie. And the king, besides the money reward, 
added to the man's name the word woodie, thus making 
him John Dinwoodie. 

However originating it is abundantly evident that, in 
some of its varied forms, it is an old, historic name. 

In regard to these varieties Thomas Dinwiddy, architect 
and surveyor, of Greenwich in England, having sent to 
Oscar Dinwiddie in October, 1877, a list of what he calls 
"various" versions" of his name, one hundred and thirty in 
number according to his count, as he has received them 
on letters and parcels and from various persons, says .it 
length in his letter: "Your name, however, terminates in 
ie, mine in y, so that I should think we were split from 
the original Scotch tribe long since. I think the spelling 
of my name must be a corruption, yours being the true way." 



DINWIDDIES IN SCOTLAND. 17. 

In a work on Border Clans by H. Dixon, examined 
by O. Dinwiddie in the Chicago Public Library, the fol- 
lowing statements were found, each containing a different 
form of the family name. 

On page 82: That among "Barons and Clans submit- 
ting to the English" in 1547 was Laird Dunwoddy (of that 
Ilk or Maxwell) with forty-four men. Locality, Anner- 
dale. 

On page 86: Date 1587: That on the "Roll of the 
names of the Landis Lordis * * * in the Borders and in the 
Hielands quhair" — qu equal to w — "men has dwelt and 
presently dwellis" is "Laird of Dynwyddie (of that Ilk or 
Maxwell)." 

On pages 87 and 88, that among "landit men" at An- 
nanderdail was Dynwoddie (of that Ilk or Jardine or Max- 
well)." 

On page 108 it is stated that in 1603 the Border Clans 
were broken up. 

From "Crests of Great Britain and Ireland." 

Coat of Arms. "Dinwiddie, an eagle, wings addorsed 
and inverted, in dexter a guinea pig." 

Motto. "Ubi libertas, ibi patria." Where liberty is, 
there is my country. 

The ancient Barony of Dinwiddie and the adjoining one 
of Sibbaldie were at lengh merged into Applegarth. 

The Dinwoodies or Dunwoodies or Dinwiddies, like oth- 
er large and ancient families, sent small families and in- 



18. DINWIDDIE CLAN. 



dividuals from their early home in Scotland into England, 

Ireland, and America, and many bearing these names are 
in various states whose connections cannot now be traced. 
While, now, no Dinwiddie or Dinwoodie history in any 
continuous line has yet been given, and while no attempt 
has been made to give the connection of the family with 
Scottish life, which was not the design of this work, it is 
evident, from what has been given, that persons bearing 
the name in some of its strangely varied forms mainly in 
three leading forms must have been living in Scotland 
from 1296 to 1603. About this time a sure continuous line 
1 if genealogy begins. 

Note. In the Dunwoody hook, mentioned in the edi- 
tor's introductory note, on pages 3 and 4. are the same 
statements in regard to early mention ol the name Din- 
widdie in Scottish annals that have just been given in 
these records. And "Rev. David Dinwoodie ol Annan. 
Scotland," is referred to as authority, quite evidently the 
same one who wrote- to ( ). Dinwiddie in [884. On page 
7 of the Dunwoody hook is published a copy ol the In- 
scription on Governor Robert Dinwiddie's Monument, a 
copy of which sent to 0. Dinwiddie- from Greenwich, Eng- 
land, March 23, 1 S 7 7 , was published here, in a Dinwiddie 

ecord, in 1 884- 

The many letters in my hands establish fully the origi- 
nality of the researches made by 0. Dinwiddie ol Plum 
Grove, commencing as early as 1S76. 

It may be added here that between the] )unwoodys M\i\ 
the Dinwiddies no relationship has been established, al- 
though both refer back to the same Scottish ancestors, 
ind without much doubt .1 relationship docs exist. 

T. II. Ik 



THE NORTHERN INDIANA FAMILY. 19. 



III. THE NORTHERN INDIANA FAMILY. 

That the ancestors of the "Pioneer" Dinwiddie families 
of LaPorte, Porter, and Lake counties were natives of 
Scotland is very certain. It is also quite evident that 
"Dunwoodys and Dinwiddies" went from Scotland into 
the province of Ulster, in the north of Ireland, in that 
threat migration, after six counties in that province were, 
in 1607, confiscated by the English Crown, a migration 
from Scotland and also from England, which changed the 
history of Ulster. 

This new population received the name of Scotch-Irish. 
As these were not only Protestant but largely Presbyterian, 
and the Episcopal bishops wished to check the spread ol 
Presbyterianism, they made use for that purpose of what 
was called the test-oath, imposed in 1704, which required 
all persons in public employment "to profess English prel- 
acy." Extortionate rents were also required and these 
resulted in "what is known as the Antrim evictions." 
Early in the eighteenth century the Scotch-Irish began a 
great migration into the American colonies. Froude, the 
English historian, says: "In the two years which followed 
the Antrim evictions, thirty thousand Protestants left Ul- 
ster for the land where there was no legal robbery, and 
where those who sowed the seed could reap the harvest." 
It was estimated that "about twelve thousand came an- 
nually from Ulster to America" from the year 172910 1750. 
These, like the English Puritans and Quakers and the 
French Huguenots, had large influence in shaping the 
character of the nation. Among these came as early as 



20. DINWIDDIE CLAN. 

1 74 1, David Dinwiddie, who settled in 1744 at Marsh 
Creek, in Adams county, Pennsylvania. In a "Biographi- 
cal Sketch of the Rev. John Cuthbertson," called "the 
first Reformed Presbyterian minister in America," who 
crossed the ocean in 175 1, it is stated that Mr. Cuthbert- 
son came the last of August, 1 75 1 , "to David Dinwiddie's, 
Marsh Creek, Adams county," preached on the Sabbath. 
September 1st, and baptized, among others, "Mary, daugh- 
ter of David Dinwiddie." 

With this David, called in the Dinwiddie family records, 
"fifth David, son of David in succession," the Indiana Din- 
widdie line begins. 

Without being able as yet to trace the line back to Al- 
len Dinwithie of 1296, nor to John Dinwoodie who killed 
the outlaw, nor to Dinwoodie's laird of 15 18, four Scotch 
and Irish Dinwiddies are found bearing the same name. 

These may be designated thus: 

1. David Dinwiddie or Dinwoodie of Scotland, born 
about 1600, or at about the time of the breaking up of the 
Border Clans, and at about the time of the beginning ol 
the migration into Ulster. The probability is that he went 
with so many others from Scotland into Ulster. 

2. David the Second. Probable date of birth about 
1631. 

3. David the Third, about 1662. 

4. David the Fourth, about 1693, whose wife Sarah, ac- 
cording to the family record, died in 1744 in Pennsylvania. 

5. David the Fifth, born in 1724. 



THE NORTHERN INDIANA FAMILY. 21. 

In the Dunwoody book, which has been mentioned, 
there are Davids, and it seems a little singular that the 
first one, marked David Dunwoody (i) was an inhabitant 
of Chester county, Pennsylvania, in 1747 or about the time 
of the settlement in Adams county of David Dinwiddie. 
That the latter came from Ireland is certain; and that the 
former came from Ireland, having an untraced line of an- 
cestors back to Scotland, may readily be believed. Com- 
ing, so nearly at the same time, into the same American 
colony, it seems singular that they had no intercourse 
with each other. But there were no telephones in those 
days, and the counties of York and Lancaster and the Sus- 
quehanna River were between the counties of Adams and 
Chester. And it is, if not singular, curious, that the 
David in Adams county wrote his name, as did the other, 

Dunwoody. 

Note. 

It has seemed appropriate to commence the numbering 
of the generations with that David called the Fifth with 
whom the Indiana line begins, and for this purpose the 
Arabic characters or figures are used in this book, while 
for numbering the children in each family the Roman no- 
tation is used, thus; 3. v. denote the fifth child in the 
third American generation of the family where this figure 
and letter are found. 

The David who is called the Fifth is counted as Ameri- 
can although not born in this country. 

I may add that I have examined works of this kind, 
which are considered to be first-class, and have endeavored 
to imitate or combine their excellencies and to avoid what 
seemed to me to be defects. 



DINWIDD1K CLAN. 



I do not expect to attain perfect accuracy in regard to 
all the names and dates herein given, for they have come 
to me, as music is often played, "with variations," but 1 
hope that not much fault will be found with the editor's 
own work. T. H. H. 



DINWIDDIE. 23. 



THE AMERICAN LINE. 

I. Descendants of David Dinwiddie known as David 

the Fifth. 



1. David Dinwiddie, or David Dunwoody or David 

Dunwoodie, for authority will be shown for the three forms 
of the name as designating one and the same man — was 
horn in the Ulster province of Ireland, a son of David and 
Sarah Dinwiddie, in 1724. The date of migratiomto this 
country has not been ascertained with certainty, but the 
evidence is that it was as early as 1 741 , perhaps in 1740. 

There is evidence also that he came with his mother, 
who died in 1744, and with some brothers. So far as ap- 
pears from records and tombstone inscriptions the father 
must have died in Ireland. 

This David, twenty years of age when his mother 
died, was married, December 19, 1745, to Jean McClure, a 
daughter of William McClure of Octoraro, and was found 
at Marsh Creek in Adams county, Pennsylvania, in Aug- 
ust of 1 75 1 by the Rev. John Cuthbertson, being known 
then as since by the name Dinwiddie, although, as his will 
shows, he himself held to the form Dunwoody. 

Children of David and Jean (McClure) Dinwiddie: 

It is inferred from a statement in an old manuscript 
that a child was born and died in 1746 or 1747. But thai 
son will not be numbered here. 

2. i. William, born Aug. 29, 1748, died 1767. 



24. DINWIDDIE CLAN. 

2. ii. Mary, born Jan. 6, 1 75 1 . 

2. iii. John, born June io, 175/.$ 

2. iv. David called the Sixth, born July 25, 1755. 

2. v. James, born July 10, 1758, died in 1764. 

2. vi. Sarah, born Oct. 21, 1761. 

2. vii. Hugh, born Jan. 8. 1764. 

2. viii. William 2d, born March 7, 1768. 

Mrs. Jean Dinwiddie dying June 22, 1781, David Din- 
widdie, Nov. 20, 1783, was married to Elizabeth Kerr by 
the Rev. Alexander Dobbin who came to America in 1773. 

Children: 

2. ix. Nancy, born Oct. 26, 1784. 

2. x. Elizabeth called Betsy, born May 8, 1787. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Dinwiddie died Nov. 21, 1789. 

David Dinwiddie, who had been ordained a church el- 
der in 1753, said to be one of the first Covenanter Elders 
ordained in America, died in 1802. 

Up to this time Marsh Creek Cemetery, near the now 
noted Gettysburg, seems to have been the family burial 
place. 



THE WILL. 



WILL OF DAVID DINWIDDIE. 

In the Name of God Amen, I David Ddnwoody of 
Cumberland Township in the County of Adams and State 
of Pennsylvania, Blacksmith, being in perfect health of 
body and of so ind mind, memory, and understanding 
(Blessed be God for the same) but considering the uncer- 
tainty of this transitory life do make and publish, this my 
last Will and Testament in manner and form following, 
towit: Principally and first of all, I commend my immor- 
tal soul into the hands of God, who gave it and my body 
to the earth, to be buried in a decent and Christian like 
manner at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter 
named; and as to such worldly estate wherewith it has 
pleased God to bless me in this life, I give and dispose of 
the same in the following manner, viz: 

It is my will and 1 order and direct that all my just 
debts and funeral expenses be first paid out of my estate, 
by my Executors hereinafter named. 

Item, I give and bequeath to my son-in-law John Wil- 
son, one Bond which I have on him for Forty-seven 
Pounds. I also give unto his wife Mary Wilson, Fifty 
Pounds to be paid her one year after my decease and to 
be at her own disposal. I also give and bequeath unto 
my Grandchildren Sarah Wilson and Thomas Wilsoa, the 
sum of Fifty Pounds to be paid them equally when the 
said Thomas shall arrive at the age Twenty-one years; and 
to my two other Grandchildren Nancy Wilson and Betsy 
Wilson, the sum of Twenty-five pounds each, to be paid 
to them severally as they arrive at the age of Twenty-one 
years. 

Item, I give and bequeath to my Grandson David Dun- 
woody, son of my son David, my silver watch and Twenty- 

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26. I)I\'\\ ! 1)1)1 K CLAN. 



five Pounds to be paid to him, when he shall arrive at the 
age Twenty-one years; and to his sister Jean, my Grand- 
daughter, the sum of Twenty-five Pounds to be paid her 
at tin- same time. 

Item, I give and bequeath to my son-in-law Samuel 
Cross, one Bond which I have on him tor Thirty Pounds 
on condition, he the said Samuel Cross shall first acquit 
and discharge my son Hugh from the payment of such 
things as he, the said Hugh bought at the said Cross' veil 
due. Likewise I give and bequeath to his son David 
Cross, my Grandson, Fifty founds to he paid him Twelve 
years after my decease. 

Item, I give and bequeath to my son William Dnnwoody, 
i Fifty found Bond which 1 have on my son David Dun- 
woody and which I allow my son David to pay to my said 
-on William in the following manner, viz: fen Pounds 
yearly until the whole is paid without any interest there- 
on. 1 also give unto my said son William my hat and boots 
with all my wearing apparel ot what kind and nature so- 
ever; and to his wile. Hannah, 1 give and bequeath the 
sun of One Hundred Pounds, to he paid her as 
follows, viz: fen Pounds thereof five years after my de- 
cease, and Ten founds yearly thereafter, so as to com- 
plete the sum ot One Hundred Pounds aforesaid, which 
several sums I allow to he paid to herself or her order for 
the use of her family and to he solely at her disposal; 
likewise 1 give and bequeath to her three eldest children 
viz: lean, fames, and David, the sum ot One Hundred 
founds equally between them, their respectives shares 
thereof to he paid to them severally as they arrive at the 
age of Twenty-one years. And it any ot my aforesaid 
Grandchildren shall die under age and without lawful is- 
sue it is my will that the share or shares ot them so re- 



THE WILL. 27. 



moved by death shall be paid to the survivor or the sur- 
vivors of the same family m mtioned in this will. 

Item, I give and bequeath to my Granddaughter, Jean 
Wilson, the old case of drawers that was her Grandmoth- 
er's, her chest and table and what bedding she had made 
before she had left my house; also one cow and three 
sheep. 

Item, I give and bequeath unto my two daughters, 
Nancy and Betsy, all the wearing apparel that was their 
mother's, to be equally divided between them; also all the 
household furniture which I got with their mother, to be 
divided as follows, viz: To my daughter Nancy, I give 
and bequeath the case of drawers that was her mother's, a 
spinning wheel and check reel, the small table commonly 
used in the meeting house, a fine table cloth and two nap- 
kins and my bedstead and furniture; also one cow and 
three sheep; and to my daughter Betsy I give and be- 
queath the tea table that was her mother's, the tea kettle 
and all the other fjrniture thereto belonging, with six sil- 
ver teaspoons, a good bedstead and furniture, my chest, a 
good spinning wheel, one fine table cloth and two napkins; 
also one cow and three sheep. It is likewise my will that 
my Negro Wench, named Molly, shall be the property of, 
my said two daughters equally, so soon as my daughter 
Nancy shall arrive at the age of Twenty-one years, or be 
married. I also give and bequeath to my said two daugh- 
ters Nancy and Betsy, all their mother's part of John 
Kerr's estate which is now in the hands of James Scotte 
and Hugh Dunwoody, my nephew, at interest amounting to 
One Hundred and Fifty-five Pounds. It is to remain at 
interest until my said daughters have a call for it; but so 
soon as they, or either of them, arrive at the age <>! 
Eighteen years and my executors think they have a call 



28. DIWVIDDIE CLAN. 



for it. their respective shares shall be paid to either of 
them so calling. I also give and bequeath to my said two 
daughters, Nancy and Betsy, the sum of Two Hundred 
Pounds to each of them out of my estate to be paid to 
them severally as they arrive at the age of Twenty-one 
years, and if then not paid, it is to bear interest until paid. 
It is also my will that my said two daughters, Nancy and 
Betsy, shall be maintained, clothed and supported on the 
plantation where I now dwell, clear of expense until they 
shall severally arrive at the age of Twenty-one years, or 
be married. 

Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Hugh Dunwoody, 
all the rest, residue and remainder of my personal estate of 
what kind and nature soever the same my be or whereso- 
ever found; and as to all my lands, tenements, heredita- 
ments, and appurtenances lying and being in the county 
of Adams aforesaid or elsewhere I do give and devise the 
same unto my son Hugh Dunwoody. To hold to him his 
heirs and assigns forever. He, the said Hugh Dunwoody 
paying and delivering all and every, the hereinbefore men- 
tioned legacies and bequests, except such as otherwise 
particularly specified and provided for. 

And lastly I nominate constitute and appoint my said 
well beloved son Hugh Dunwoody and my trusty friend 
Walter Smith, Esquire, to be the Executors of this my 
will, hereby revoking all other wills, legacies and bequets, 
by me heretofore made, and declaring this and no other, 
to be my last will and testament. 

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand 
and seal the Sixteenth day of October, in the year oi our 
Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Two. 



DAVID DIWYOODV. 



(seal,) 



THE WILL. 29. 



Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by 
the "said testator as his last will and testament in the pres- 
ence of us who, in his presence, and at his request, have 
subscribed as witnesses. 

Note; before signing, It is my will and I order and di- 
rect that all my books shall be equally divided between 
ni)' five children, Mar) - Wilson, David Dunwoody, Hugh 
Dunwoody, Nancy, and Betsy and that my said son David 
shall have my large Bible in part of his dividend. 

JOHN GALLOWAY. 

JAMES GALLOWAY. 

A. RUSSELL. 
Adams County, ss: 

Before me, James Duncan, Register for the Probate of 
Wdls and granting Letters of Administration in and for 
the County of Adams aforesaid, in the State of Pennsyl- 
vania, personally appeared John Galloway, James Gallo- 
way and Alexander Russell, Esq., the subscribing witness- 
es to the foregoing instrument of writing and on their sol- 
emn oaths, severally say that they were personally pres- 
ent and saw and heard the within named David Dunwoody 
sign his name unto and seal and publish the foregoing in- 
strument of writing as and for his last will and testament, 
and at the time of doing thereof, he the said David Dun- 
woody was of a sound mind, memory and understanding 
to the best of their knowledge and belief and that they 
subscribed their names thereto as witnesses in the pres- 
ence of the said testator and at his request, and also in 
the presence of each other at the same time. 

JOHN GALLOWAY, 
1AM ES GALLOWAY. 
A. RUSSELL. 

Sworn and subscribed before me at Gettysburg, this 
1 8th day of December, A. D., 1 802. 

JAMES DUNCAN. 



I>IN\VII)1>IK CLAN. 



K em arks: 
Mr. Wilson says that the deeds, which have been ex- 
amined, show titles to 933 acres of land in Adams county 
bequeathed by the foregoing will, and how much may 
have been in York county is not known. The different 
money items named in the will amount to U>J pounds 
Sterling, or nearly 5,700 dollars. It is very certain that 
no one knows the value of the whole estate, hut it was tor 
those days quite an amount of property. 

It may be called a family characteristic to own large 
tracts of land. The children and grandchildren of Thom- 
as Dinwiddie hold, as the nineteenth century closes, 
thousands of acres of some of the best land in Lake countv. 



WILSON. 



CHILDREN OFTHE NEXT GENERATION. 

2. I. Of William Dinwiddie no descendants. Died 
April 5, 1797. 

2. II. Descendants of Mary Dinwiddie, oldest daugh- 
ter of David Dinwiddie, born at Marsh Creek, January 6, 
1751, baptized September 1, 1751, by Rev. John Cuthbert- 
son. 

WILSON. 

2. II. Mary Dinwiddie was married about 1774 to 
John Wilson, who was born in Ireland, in County Antrim 
or County Donegal, Jan. 12, 1750, his father, David Wilson 
becoming a settler near Marsh Creek about 1760. 

Children : 

"Isabel, the oldest, was born in 1777. dying April [3, 
[837. 

Sarah was born in i77 ( j, married to Robert Stewart in 
1S18, died July 6, 1 S 5 1 . 

Mary born March 15, 17S1, married to her cousin, James 
Wilson, in 1S04, died in 1S21. 

Thomas and David, twins, born 1782. David d'<-(\ in 
Pennsylvania in [805. Thomas married to Rebecca Baird 
in 1 Si 2, died June 29, 1827. 

Nancy bom Dec. 25, 1785, married to Joseph Gowdy in 
[809, died May 25, 1859. 

Elizabeth born in 1788, died May 31, 1836. 

Ann bom Dec. 1793, died May 8, 1855. 

[ohn born in 1795, married about 1817 to Margaret 
Mitcheltree, died October 5, 1829. 



32. DINWIDDIE CLAN. 

Hugh born in 1800, married to Eliza Cross in 1831, died 
Aug. i, 1836." 

The above record of the ten children of .Mary and John 
Wiison is takenfrom a pamphlet containing a paper pre- 
pared by Thomas H. Wilson for the first re-union of the 
"hast Liberty Wilsons" of Trumbull Co., Ohio, September 

II, 1S94. (In the Will Jean is also named.) As her de- 
scendants belong to the Wilson more than to the Dinwid- 
die records this line will be continued lure no further. 

Thomas H. Wilson, a nephew of these Wilson descend- 
ants of Mary Dinwiddie— at least he calls two of them 
"Aunt Ann and Aunt Nancy," the ones he remembered 
the best, Aunt Ann dying in ]S;; when he was thirteen 
years old— is cashier of the First National Bank of Cleve- 
land, ( >hio. He has furnished for this book a copy of the 
will of David Dinwiddie the Fifth, and he also sent a copy 
ol his writing called "Night Thoughts." Much credit is 
due him for the interest he has manifested in regard to 
these Records. 

2. III. Of John Dinwiddie no descendants traced. 

2. IV. Children of David Dinwiddie. 

2. 1\'. David Dinwiddie the Sixth, born at Marsh 
Creek, July 25, 1755, was married Jan 27, 177S, by Rev. 
Alexander Dobbin at Mt. Pleasant, to Susannah Patterson 
1 who was born Sept. 22, 1760, and died Nov. 11, i8;_j. near 
Hebron, in Porter county, Indiana.) removed from Penn- 
sylvania to ( Miio, and there died Dec. 5, 1823. 



UINWIDDIK. 33. 



Children: 

3. 1. Sarah, born Nov. 17, 1778. 

3. ii. John, born Dec. 18, 1780. 

3. iii. Jane or Jean, born Jan. 19, 1783. 

3. iv. Thomas, born March 2J, 1787, in Adams county, 
Pennsylvania. 

3. v. Susannah, born July 10, 1789, died Aug. 31, 1847. 
buried near Hebron. 

[The two Susannah Dinwiddies are mentioned in "North- 
Western Indiana," page 199.] 

3. vi. David the Seventh was born Jan. 17, 1792. 

3. vii. Mary M., born June 5, 1794. 

3. viii. William, born Dec. 18, 1796. 

3. ix. Margaret, born May 23, 1803. 

DESCENDANTS OF SARAH DINWIDDIE. 

3. I. Sarah Dinwiddie was married to James Crooks 
April 5. 1798. 

Daughter: 

4. I. Susan, who was married to - I hirst. 

Children: 

5. i. Julia, married to James Clinghan. 
5. ii. Sarah, married to Dr. Porter. 

5. iii. Jane, married to William Holmes. 
5. iv. Alice, married to Berkley Oliver. 
James Crooks was killed by a falling tree. 



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34. DINWIDDIE CLAN. 



Hi >LMES. 

5. III. lam- Hurst was married about [830 in Titus- 
v'ille, Ohio, to William Holmes who was horn in Pennsyl- 
vania and died Aug. 16, 1861. 

Children : 

6. i. Alice M.. born in 1831, died Aug. 8, [886. 
6. ii. Caroline, died Dec. 19. 1833. 

6. iii. Saran Jane, born April 16. 1833. 
6. iv. Robert C, horn April [3, [834. 
6. v. David I)., died Feb. 17, 1845. 

STONE. 

6. 111. Sarah fane Holmes was married to Norman 
Stone, March 26, 1853. lie was horn March 4. 1829, and 
died Sept. 22. 1872. He died in Eagle Creek township. 
Lake county, Ind., where tor some time the family re- 
sided. He was a Grange member and the burial took 
place in the Hebron cemetery, the religious services con- 
ducted l>v Rev. T. 11. Ball, and the Grange burial by Mr. 
E. M. Robertson. 

Children : 

Henry M., horn April [7, 1854, died Aug. 22, 1854 
Martha E., horn Aug. 28, 1855, died Dec. 17, [893 
George M., born Aug. 16, [858, died Oct. 14, 18;; 

Eli T., horn March 22, [862, died Sept. 23, [880 
Charles R.. horn Jan. 27. [865, married Jan. 6, 1883 

John D., horn May 28, 180;. died June 20. 1887. 



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3. II. Of John Dinwiddie no descendants. Hi- died 
Jan. 1 1, 1820. 

3. III. Descendants of Jane Dinwiddie. 

TURNER. 

3. III. Jane Dinwiddie, daughter of David Dinwiddie 
known as the Sixth, was married at Gettysburg, in Febru- 
ary 1 8 10, to Samuel Turner who was born in County Ty- 
rone, Ireland, in March, 1782 — Scotch-Irish like the Din- 
widdies, but date of migration to Pennsylvania not re- 
corded—and who left Pennsylvania for Indiana in 1838. 
[For an interesting narrative of the settlement of "Samuel 
Turner and wife" and children, on a "winding little stream" 
in Lake count)-. Indiana, see "Reminiscences of Eagle 
Creek," written by a granddaughter, Mrs. S. J. Monteith, 
in "Lake County 1884."] 

Children: 

4. i. Maria Dinwiddie, born Dec. 21, 1 8 10, died July 
2}, 1826. 

4. ii. Susan Patterson, born Feb. 2~ \ [813, died in Heb- 
ron, July 24, 1899. 

4. iii. Thomas J., born April 5, 1813. married 1840 to 
Adeline Burnside, died April 4, 1874. 

4. iv. David, born Dec. 17, 1816. in Trumbull county. 
Ohio. 

[It seems from the records that the Turner family, as 
also the Dinwiddie family, removed from Pennsylvania 
into Ohio and returned again to Pennsylvania.] 



:6. DINWIDDIK CLAN 



4. v. Samuel, horn Aug. 13. l8l8. 

j. vi. lames, horn Jan. 17. 1S21, married in September, 
[848, to Austria C. Lindsley, died Aug. 14. 1866. in Mis- 
sissippi. For some years a resident lawyer of Crown 
Point, a very refined and a Christian man. 

4. vii. Alexander, born June (8, [823, died June 9, 1824. 

4. viii. Alexander Murray, horn July 22, [825, died 
March 19. 1853. 

In the history of Lake county, of 1S72U is said: "Sam- 
uel Turner was one of the leading citizens oi that part ol 
the county" Eagle Creek township "and was soon elect- 
ed Justice of the Peace, and about 1842 was elected As 
sociate fudge, which office' he held until his death." He 
died Nov. 19. 1S46. His wife, horn at Gettysburg, Jan. 
[9, [783, died at the Eagle Creek home Aug. 25, 1S71. 

4. 111. Thomas Johnson Turner, who was married in 
1S40 to Adeline Burnside, was for years a prominet lawyer 
and politician in Freeport, Illinois, after leaving this 
county, and afterwards in the city of Chicago. 

Children : 

5. i. Alida. horn 1S43. 

5. ii. Homer, horn and died in 1S46. 
5. iii. Thomas Edwin, horn in 1849. 
5. iv. Jennie, horn I 85 ' • 

BOTHWELL. 

5. I. Alida Turner was married to John Bothwell. 

6. I. I >auehter, Maggie. 



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TURNER. 

5. III. Thomas E. Turner married Louise McCall. 
He died in 1889. 



Children 



6. i. Thomas J. 

6. ii. Sara. 

6. iii. Paul. 

6. iv. Stewart. 



HAIR. 



5. IV. Jennie Turner was married in 1874 to Samuel 

Hair. 

Children: 

6. i. Miriam, born 1875. 
6. ii. Bessie, born 1877. 

6. iii. Thomas J., born in 1879. 

TURNER. 

4. IV. David Turner, known for .many years of his 
life as Judge Turner, having been the last probate judge 
of Lake county, elected in 1849, was state representative 
in 1854, a state senator in 1858, and was appointed by 
President Lincoln United States Assessor in 1862. It was 
written of him, "His political career was marked by a pur- 
ity of motive and action which may well serve as a mode! 
to the vouth of our county." He was an active Sunday 
school man and was President of the Lake County Sab- 
bath School Convention in 1 S 7 5 . (He died Feb, 14. 1890, 
being 73 years of age.) He was married to Caroline- Bis- 
sell, Oct. 17, 1844. 



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])I\"\VII)])1K ("LAN. 



Children : 

I All born in Crown Point. I 

5. 1. [ohn Bissell, born Sept. 19, [845. 

5. ii. Sarah Jane, horn Sept. 5, 1X47. 

5. iii. Mary Amelia, horn May 10, [850, died March 29, 
[853. 

5. iv. Emma, horn Oct. 10. [852. 

5. v. Anna Maria, horn May 2~ , [855. 

5. vi. Mary A., horn April 28, [857. 

5. vii. A. Murray, horn Oct. 3, 1 S59. 

5. viii. Susan, born Now 2$, 1K62, died Jan. 22, 1863. 

5. i.\. Austria Caroline, born June 3, [865. 

5. x. Maggie, horn Now 3, 1X67, died Jan. 10. 1S79. 

The editor lingers a few moments at this record. He 
knew this young child so well. She had been as carefully 
trained as her ancestor, David Dinwiddie, "the first Cove- 
nant Elder ordained in America," could have wished; she 
was so often with her father that her child form was much 
missed on the walks of Crown Point; and, as the following 
records will show, main' others ot her young "cousins," 
in their bright and winsome childhood, have also gone up 
to Paradise. Hut with them the editor was not acquainted 
as he was with this lovely child. And on that acquaint- 
anceship he takes the liberty to insert lure the following 
Spenserian stanzas which were written in [879, inscribed 
"To the memory ot Maererie Turner." 



TURNER. 39. 



Eleven years ago, last autumn, came. 

Into a village home, a little child; 
Her parents gave to her a pleasant name. 

And she from heavy cares their hearts beguiled; 
Sometimes no doubt she grieved, but often smiled. 

And grew in beauty as she grew in years; 
Grew rich in humor, yet continued mild; 

And seemed quite far removed from childish fears. 
I low should she know that this is called a world of tears? 

She was the youngest, and around her heart. 

From brothers two and gentle sisters five, 
Love was entwined. Love makes it hard to part, 

When some must die and others still survive; 
But love forever must be kept alive, 

If we would know the joy of being. blest; 
Love is an air in which the soul can thrive, 

If we love those on whom our hearts can rest; 
Hut parting hours must come. The}' come at God's behest. 

Along the paths of childhood life she walked; 

At home, in school, at church, she filled her place; 
Cheerful her flow of spirit when she talked, 

And winsome also with sweet childhood's grace. 
Her budding youth was coming on apace. 

She had been taught in prayer each day to bow, 
Had learned that she must run the Christian race, 

Had learned that she must seek Christ's favor now. 
And that a glorious crown might one day press her brow. 



4 o. DINWIDDIE CLAN. 



Then she lay down to die. 'Twas winter time; 
Cold was the air and white with snow the ground; 

The summer birds within a distant clime. 

A sunny sky and leafy woods had found; 
Her home was soon to be a grassy mound; 

When spring returns with all its sounds of mirth. 
Then with bird-music will our groves resound; 

And when he comes, the Lord of second birth, 
Then will his sainted ones come forth from out the earth. 

Yes, she lay down and died. Day alter day. 

The bright light faded from her hazel eyes, 
And then the sunny spirit passed away. 

We could not see in Heaven the glad surprise, 
With which, where glories after glories rise. 

She looked upon the face of Heaven's great King; 
We have no glass with which to pierce the skies; 

We could not hear those lofty arches ring. 
While holy, happy angels round her soul did sing. 

Four sisters, one by one, had gone from home; 

Each had a happy bridal day and eve; 
We do not know what paths their feet may roam. 

Nor how, this earthly life, they each will leave; 
Hut no life hopes can her young heart deceive; 

Robed, not in bridal, but in burial white. 
Where they had stood she slept. Why need we grieve? 

Her lovely smile had faded. It was night. 
Had she not gone to dwell with holy ones in light? 
iioiu Hymns and Poems by T. n. Ball, 1888. 




MRS. JANE DINWIDDIE TURNER, Page 35. 

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MRS. CAROLINE BISSELL 
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TURNER. 

5. I. John B. Turner was married to Mai) - Boynton, 
Aug. 30, 1870, at Tipton in Iowa. 



6. 
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6. 



Children: 

Nettie, horn July 5. 1872. 
i. Alice E., born Jan. 14. 1877. 
ii. Laura, horn Sept. 8, 1880. 
v. David, horn Feb. 2j, 1882. 

NEFE. 



6. I. Nettie L. Turner oldest daughter of John B. 
Turner, married Fred Neff. 

Son : 

7. i. Howard Edgar Neff. 

MONTEITH. 

5. II. Sarah Jane Turner was married to the Rev. T. 
W. Monteith, June 24, 1875. 

Children: 

6. i. Caroline V., born April 1, 1876. 

6. ii. William Thomas, born March 1. 1879. died 1883. 

6. iii. David Turner, born May 21, 1882. 

6. iv. Wilson II., born Feb. 16, 18S;. 

6. v. John M., horn March 19, [887, died Sept. 24, [891. 

6. vi. Percy Loba, born in 1 890. 



42. DIXWIDDIE CLAN- 



EMERY. 

5. IV. Emma Turner and Irving C. Emery were mar- 

ied Oct. 20, 1875. 

Children: 

6. i. Julia, born Nov. 7. 1876. died Dec. 8, 1878. 
6. ii. James T., born Oct. 18. 1878. 

6. iii. David, born Aug. 18, 188 1. 

6. iv. Irving C, born June 25, 1884. 

6. v. Charles E„ born July 23, 1889, died Jan. 1893. 

6. vi. John B., born Oct. 15. 1891. 

.MORGAN. 

5. V. Anna M. Turner was married to the Rev. Free- 
man E. Morgan Aug. 8, 1877. 

Mr. and Mrs. Morgan were appointed by the American 
Baptist Missionary Union as missionaries to the Telugus 
and left this country for India by way of Europe in Octo- 
ber, 1879. After seven years of valuable labor there, Mr. 
Morgan's failing health compelled them to return to their 
native land. Mr. Morgan died April 4, 1891, in a few 
years after returning home. 

Children : 

6. i. Ruth, bom Aug. 23, 1S7S. 
6. ii. Maggie, born Jan. 1, [881. 

6. iii. Murray, bom Feb. 27, 1883. 

6. iv. Hattie, born Nov. 21. 1884. died in Nov. 1893. 



TURNER. 43- 



These three, Maggie, Murray, and Hattie Morgan born 
in the far East, that Orient, so noted through all the his- 
tory of the world. 

6. v. Freeman E., born June 9, 1887. 

6. vi. Edward S., born Dec. 21, 1889, died in August, 
1 890. 

HOLM. 

5. VI. Mary A. Turner, called more commonly in her 
girlhood, Mamie, was married June 20, 1878, to a Presby- 
terian pastor, the Rev. Charles A. Holm. 

Children: 

6. i. Charles T., born May 2, 1879, died July 31, 1879. 
6. ii. Alice T., born July 31, 1880. 

6. iii. Bessie, born July 23, 1882. died Sept. 19, 1882. 

After a few years of experience as a pastor's wife Mr. 
Holm dying July 4, 1885, Mrs. Holm with her daughter 
Alice, resumed her place in her father's home at Crown 
Point. 

TURNER. 

5. VII. A. Murray Turner was married Dec. 31, 1890, 
to Lillian E. Blackstone, of Hebron, Indiana. 

Daughter: 

6. i. Margaret, born Oct. 24. 1896. 

The mother, Lillian E. Turner, died Nov. 21, 1900. 
Something more than the mere mention of her death 



4A- 



DINWIDDIK CLAN 



may justly be allowed here in regard to Mrs. Lillian F... 
the: wife of A. Murray Turner, of Hammond. The home 
of her childhood and youth was in Hebron. The circum- 
stances ol her death as a young mother were peculiarly 
sad. One of her special friends wrote that "every bulletin 
that came from the sick chamber since Mrs. Turner was 
taken ill" was watched by the community with great solic- 
itude. "Crown Point, Hebron, Lowell, and Valparaiso, 
have been equally solicitious * ** that Mrs. Turner might 
recover." 

The same loving friend adds, as her tribute to her mem- 
ory: "She was the fondest of mothers, the most devoted 
ot wives, and the dearest ol friends;" and she considers it 
"but a faithful tribute" to her memory to name "her sunny, 
equable, loving disposition; her thorough kindness of 
heart; her same sweetness to everybody; her beautiful 
charity to the poor." 

A judicious friend at the editor's elbow says that the 
above is not overdrawn. 



TURNER. 45. 



ROSS. 

5. IX. Austria C. Turner was married Dec. 23, 1886, 
to Charles W. Ross, son of the Evangelist Donald Ross. 

Children: 



6. 
6. 
6. 
6. 



Helen S., born July 29, i.XXS. 
i. Caroline, born Jan. 26, 1890. 
ii. Donald, born March 22, 1892. 
v. Margaret, born Jan. 2, 1894. 



6. v. Austria, born July 1896. 

TURNER. 

4. V. Samuel Turner was married to Jane McGlashon. 
daughter of W. G. McGlashon, of Crown Point. He died 
April 9, 1864. 

Children: 

5. i. Samuel R., born May 13, 1858. 
5. ii. William, born July 17, i860. 

5. I. Dr. Samuel R. Turner was married Dec. 13, 1883, 
to Henrietta Burgess, daughter of Henry Burgess, of He- 
bron, born Dec. 14, 1863. 

Children: 

6. i. Samuel Albert, born Sept. 26, [884, died Dec, 17, 
1 886. 

6. ii. Susan E., born Dec. 30, 1X85. 

6. iii. Mary Edna, born April 7, 1SS9. 

6. iv. Harold Burgess, born Dec. IQ, 1890. 



46. DINWIDDIE CLAN. 

6. v. James S., born Jan. 24, 1896. 
6. vi. Wilma Jane, bom Jan. 27, igoo. 

5. II. William Turner, married June [883, to Lizzie 
Glissen. No descendants traced. 

Of these descendants of fane Dinwiddie in the Turner 

line, John B. Turner is a prominent citizen of Cedar Rap- 
ids, Iowa, a furniture dealer; A. Murray Turner is a popu- 
lar and leading citizen of Hammond, and of Lake county. 
having been sheriff of the county. President of an electric 
railway company, and now President of the First Nation- 
al Bank, of Hammond; and Dr. S. R. Turner is a physician 
now at Hammond, having a large practice in Indiana and 
which lias extended into Illinois. These three are now 
in the prime of life. 

5. II. William M. Turner was born in Eagle Creek 
township, Lake count)', Indiana, July 18, i860. He was 
married at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Lizzie Glissen, who 
was born at Cedar Rapids, July 26, i860. 

Children : 

6. i Ellice G., born at Cedar Rapids, Sept. 25, 18S7. 

6. ii. Cass Valentine, born at Evanston, 111., Feb. 14, 1S91. 

Notes, i. The above was not received in time to be 
quite in its proper place. 

2. From a misinterpretation of "Reminiscences" men- 
tioned on page 35, the date of migration from Pennsyl- 
vania of the Turner family is placed in 1838. Other evi- 
dence places it in 1833, when a short sojourn was made in 
LaPorte county till 1838. T II. B. 



3. IV. DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS 



DINWTDDIE. 



48. DINWIDDIKCLAN. 



3. IV. Thomas Dinwiddie was married October 20, 
[808, to Mary Ann Wilson (daughter of Robert and Mary 
Wilson, born in Adams county, Pennsylvania, July 19. 
[788, and died Sept. 10, 1S56, and was buried near Hebron, 
in Indiana.) 

Children : 

4. i. Mariah, born Jan. 27, 1S10, died in May, 1S19. 

4. ii. Susannah P., born Oct. 24, 1S11, married Feb. 3, 
[835, to Joseph West, who died Oct. 21, 184O. Married in 
1842 to Isaac Miller. Died April [8, 1861. buried near 
Hebron. 

4. jji. [ohn Wilson, born Oct. [, 1 81 3, in Hubbard town- 
ship, Trumbull county, Ohio. 

This item of interest has come down in the family tra- 
dition and is reliable, that on this day of birth, October 1. 
the father, Thomas Dinwiddie, killed fifteen wild turkeys, 
four deer, and one bear. A good day for hunting, and the 
hunter was not too much excited to shoot well. 

4. iv. David, born March 12, 1816, married April 25, 
[844, to Elsy llildreth, who was born April 24, 1827, and 
died Feb. 12, 1859, at Halsey, Oregon, where her husband 
alsodied April 12, 1871. 

4. v. Margaret lane, born in Trumbull county, Ohio, 
June 5, 1818. 

4. vi. Eliza Ann. born Aug. 5, 1820. 

4. vii. Mary, bom Dec. 30, 1823, married Sept. S. 1842, 
to James 11. Wilson, who was born March 14, 1811, and 
who died Dec. 2^ 1S75. near llalsev, in Oregon. 




MRS. SUSANNAH P. DIN- 
WIUDIE WEST. 



4S-49 




mix w'ilsox niNwinniK. ;o. 




MRS. MARY J. PERKINS 
DINWIDDIE. 51. 



WEST. 49. 

4. viii. Sarah Ann, born Jan. 20, 1826, in Butler county, 
Pennsylvania, married Oct. 12, [848, to Joseph McAlpin, 
and died Nov. iS, 1863, near Hebron, in Porter county. 
Indiana. 

4. i.\. Thomas Patterson, born ( )ct. 28, 1S2S, in Butler 
county, married Jan. 1, 1858, to Martha M. Henderson, 
who was born Aug 16, 1839. 

4. .x Harriet Ann, born Oct. 10, 1 S 3 1 . in Butler county, 
Pennsylvania, died June 8, 1837. 

4. I. Mariah Dinwiddie. No descendants. 

4. II. Descendants of Susannah P. Dinwiddie. 

WEST. MILLER. 

4. II. Susannah P. Dinwiddie was born Oct. 24. 181 1. 
was married Feb. 3. 1835, to Joseph West, who died Oct. 
21, 1840, and was married in 1S42 to Isaac Miller. She 
died April 18, 1861, near Hebron. 

West Children: 

5. i. Thomas D., born Nov. 5, 1835, married Oct. 31, 
i860, to Cynthia Spoor, who was born April 21, 1842. 

5. ii. Joseph Wilson, born Feb. 21, 1841. married June 
I, 1893 to Lizzie George, who was born July 8, 1850. 

Miller: 

5. iii. David, born Dec. 13, 1843, married Oct. 3, 1866, 
at Kendallville, Indiana, to Helen R. Brayton, who was 
born Oct. 3, 1848. 



50. DINWIDDIE CLAN 



WEST. 

5. I. Thomas I). West was married to Cynthia Spoor. 

Children : 

6. i. .Minnie, born Sept. 9. 1861. Married July 3, 1890. 
to William Shinn. 

6. ii. Frank, horn Jan. 15, 1 863, died April 25. 1863. 

6. iii. Nettie, bom Feb. 8, 1865. married Dee. 29, 18S7. 
to ] lenry A. Drake. 

DRAKE. 

7. i. Thomas, son of Nettie West and Henry A. Drake, 
born fune 30, 1890. 

MILLER. 

5. III. David Miller and Helen R. Brayton. 

Children : 

6. i. Everett, born Now 2, [868, at Momenee, 111. 
6. ii. Mabel, bom June 2^, 1871, at Momenee, 111. 

6, iii. Halley Brayton, bom May 16, 1875, at Carthage, 
Missouri. Died Nov. 1, 1S76. 
6. iv. Helen, born March 1, 1881, at Carthage, Mo. 

DINWIDDIE. 

4. III. John Wilson Dinwiddie, born Oct. 1, [813, who 
came with his lather, Thomas Dinwiddie, to Porter county, 
Indiana, as early as 1S30, (his grandfather David, known 
as David tin- Seventh, having been a pioneer settler in 
LaPorte county as early as 1832), was married Aug. 19. 



DINWIDDIK. 51. 



1844, to Mary Janette Perkins who was born May 5, 181S, 
near Rome in Oneida county, N. Y., and who died March 
15, [888, at Plum Grove in Lake county, Indiana, her hus- 
band having died April 12, 1861, both buried in the Plum 
Grove Cemetery. 

Children: 

5. i. Oscar, born Sept. 2, 1845, near Joliet in Will 
county, Illinois. 

5. ii. Jerome, born Feb. 7, 1848, in Crown Point, Lake 
county, Indiana. 

5. iii. Augusta Elisabeth, born June 27, 1850, at Crown 
Point, died at Plum Grove, Sept. 27, 1855. 

5. iv. Frances Rosalia, born May 9, 1852 at Crown 
Point. 

5. v. vi. Henry and Mary, born Dec. 5, 1854, died Dec. 
24, 1854. 

5. vii. Edwin Willis, born Dec. 18, 1856, at Plum Grove. 

5. viii. Mary Elisabeth, born at Plum Grove, July 18, 
1859. 

5. I. Oscar Dinwiddie was married Feb. 2, 1874, to 
Mary Joanna Robertson, daughter of Eli M. and Hannah 
(Bryant) Robertson, who was born Feb. 17, 1852. 

Children: 

6. i. Marion Elmer, born Nov. 18, 1874, at Plum Grove. 

6. ii. Joseph Perkins, born Feb. 3, 1876. 

6. iii. Belle Irene, born June 21, 1879. 

6. iv. Edwin Lorraine, born Now 17, 1882. 

6. v. Edith Janette, born June 9, 1884. 

All born at Plum Grove. 



5 2. DINWIDDIE CLAN. 



Mr. O. Dinwiddie, mentioned in the "Editor's Note," is 
interested largely in farming, in tanners' institutes, and 
Granges, and has been an officer in the National Grange. 

6. I. Marion Elmer Dinwiddie, was married April 20, 
[898, to Edna Irene Groman, horn Dec. 14. [876, daughter 

of Henry and llennrietta (iroman, of Crown Point. Ind. 

Children: 

7. i. Eleanor, born Aug. 10, 1899. 

6. II. Joseph Perkins Dinwiddie was married Feb. 3, 
[897, to Alice Shurte. of Lowell. 

Children: 

". i. Lawrence Keith, horn in 1897. 

GORMLEY. 

6. III. Belle Irene Dinwiddie was married to Forrest 
M. Gormley, at Crown Point, by Rev. T. H. Ball, Feb. 28, 

1 900. 

DINWIDDIE. 

5. II. Jerome Dinwiddie was married \)rc. 2~, 1871, 
to Mary M. Chapman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. 
Chapman, ot Yellowhead, Illinois. 

Children: 

6. i. John Abbott, horn Dec. I, 1 872. 
6. ii. Grace, horn Dec. 25, 1874. 

6. iii. Daisy, horn fuly 28, 1878. 

All horn at Plum Grove. 



BROWN KLL. 53. 



Jerome Dinwiddie represented Lake county in the Gen- 
eral Assembly of Indiana in 1894 and 1896. He is now a 
Government revenue officer. 

6. I. John Abbott Dinwiddie, dentist at Lowell, Ind., 
was married Oct. 12, 1898, to Josephine Travels, of Val- 
paraiso, who was born Sept. 14, 1874. 

HOC H HALTER. 

6. II. Grace Dinwiddie was married June 15, 1899, to 
John Hochhalter, of Attica, Indiana, who was born Oct. 

24, 1868. 

Daughter: 

7. i. Mariam, born Sept. 23, 1900. 

BROWN ELL. 

5. IV. Frances R. Dinwiddie was married Feb. 2, 1871, 
to Frank Earl Brownell, son of Dr. and Mrs. Alvah Brow- 
nell. 

Children: 

6. i. Jay Carlton, born April 8, 1872. 
6. ii. Alice J., born Feb. 25, 1874. 

6. iii. John Earl, born Dec. 5, 1875. 

6. iv. Claude Bertrand, born March 5, 1877. 

6. v. Catharine Alma, born Oct. 9, 1879. 

6. vi. Guy Carlton, horn May 21, 1881. 

6. vii. Edwin Dinwiddie, born Sept. 26, 1885. 

6. viii. Ruth Irene, born May 22, 1X87. 



54- DINWIDDIL CLAN 



6. i.\. Alvah Lockwood, born Jan. 25, 1889. Died Oct. 
11. [889. 
6. x. Walter Ezra, horn March 3, 1891. 
6. xr. Ralph Duane, born May 2, [893. 

All horn at Plum Grove. 

6. I. Jay Carlton Brownell was married to Acidic 
[setta Wallace-, daughter of Lester Wallace, of Orchard 
Grove, Nov. 31, [892. After her death April 20, 1894. he 
was married, Feb. 10, 1897. to Beatrice Clark, horn Sept. 
28, 1877, daughter of Joseph Clark, of Pleasant drove. 

Children: 

7. i. 1'ossie Mabel, horn April n, 1894. 



7. ii. Clark Earl, born Sept. 26, 1898. at Plum Grove. 
7. iii. Harold Ward, horn July 13, 1900. 

SLOCOMB. 

6. II. Alice J. Brownell was married at Lowell, Aug. 
27, 1899, by Rev. T. II. Ball, to Howard Slocomb, of Low- 
ell, horn Jan. 21, 1877. 

\U<( >\YNKLL. 

6. III. John Earl Brownell was married by Rev. T. II. 
Ball, at Crown Point, March 7, 1900, to Cora L. Kenney, 
daughter oi George Kenney, of Orchard Grove. 

Son: 

7- I. Kenneth Winer, horn Dec. 31, 19OO. 

6. IW Claude Bertrand Brownell was married to Mary 
Blake, Sept. 21, 1898. 



DIWV1DDIK. 



55- 



HILL. 

6. V. Catherine Alma Brownell was married Dec. 22, 
igoo, to Harry Hill, who was born July 4, 1S81. 

DINWIDDIE. 

;. VII. Edwin Willis Dinwiddie was married Oct. 22, 
1884, to Candace Belshaw, daughter of Henry Belshaw, o» 
West Creek township, and Polly (Smith) Belshaw. 

Children : 

6. i. Infant son, born and died Now 6, [885, in the 
Belshaw home south and west of Lowell. 

6. ii. Cora May, born Jan. 16, 1887. 

6. iii. Henry, born in Florida. Aug. 21, 188S. 

6. iv. Herbert, born Feb. 7, 1890, died Sept. 17, 1890. at 
Blum Grove. 

6. v. Mabel, born May 16, 1891. 

6. vi. Mary, born Aug. 16, 1892. 

6. vii. Edwin Wayne, born March 2, 1894, died April 11, 
1S96. 

6. viii. Willetta, born July 11, 1897. 

NICHOLS. 

5. YIII. Mary E. Dinwiddie was married Sept. 30, 
1880, to Walter S. Nichols. 

Children : 

6. i. John Bernard, born lune 24, 1881. 
6. ii. Harry Burton, born Aug. 7, 1883. 

Both born near Orchard Grove, in Lake county, Ind. 
Mrs. Mary (Dinwiddie) Nichols died at Lowell. Sept. 
28, 1888. Burial in the Lowell Cemetery. 



5 6. 



DINWIDDIE CLAN. 



4. I\'. David Dinwiddie married Elsie Hildreth, April 
25. 1844- 

Children : 

5. i. James Turner, born May 13. 1845. 
ii. Martha Levica, bom Feb. 26, 1847. 
iii. Harriet Amelia, horn May 17. 1849. 
iv. Joseph Milen.born Sept. 4, 185 1. 
v. Mary Ann. born Oct. 8. 1854. 
vi. Eliza Elnora, born Dec. 1856. died January, [861. 

Mrs. Elsie Dinwiddie died Feb. 16. 1 859. and her hus- 
band, David Dinwiddie, died April 16. 1871. 

5. I. James T. Dinwiddie was married to Minnie II. 
Morris, Feb. 2j, 1873. 

Children : 

6. i. Guy M., born Dec. 8, 1873. 
6. ii. Ada J., born Jan. 24, 1876. 

6. iii. Lenna L.. born Jan. 20, 1878. 

ZACHARY. 

5. II. Martha L. Dinwiddie married Daniel L. Zach- 
ary, June 20, 1862. 

Children : 

6. i. Elmer, born Sept. 12, 1865. 

6. ii. Eldredge, born June 21, 1869. 

6. iii. Elsworth, born ( )ct. 1871. 

6. iv. Elsy, bom 1874. 

6. V. Albert, bom Dee. 12. 1876. 




MRS. MARY ANN WILSON 
DINWIDDIE, 

Wife of Thomas Dinwiddie. 48. 



5C-57 




DAVID DINWIDDIE. 56. 




MRS. ELSIE HILDRETH 
DINWIDDIE. 




M RS. MA RGARET J. DIN 
WIDDIE PEARCE. ;S. 



DINWIDDIE. 



?/ 



c. 111. Harriet A. Dinwiddie, who was born in Porter 
county, was married Now i, [866, to Thomas T. Foster. 

Children : 

6. i. Effie A., born Oct. 26, 1867. died March 23, [872. 

6. ii. Clare C, born July 11, [869, born to Ada Dell 
Canter Dec. 9, 1900. 

6. iii. Lulu M., born Oct. 13, 1S71, died April 5, 1SX0. 

6. iv. Sidney P., born Dec. 15, 1876. 

6. v. Fred A., bom Oct. 3, 1878. 

6. vi. Delos L„ born May 25. 1883. 

6. vii. Mary E., born June 25, 1890. 

5. IV. Joseph Milan Dinwiddie was marrieb Dec. 2, 
[884, to Laura Elinor King, born March 6, 1866. 

Children: 

6. i. Zora Elinor, born Nov. 16, 1887. 

6. ii. Elsie Leonore, born Feb. 22, 1890. 

6. iii. Lola Inez, born July 12, 1891, died Aug. 15. 1891. 

6 iv. Doris Cecil, born April 8. 1893. 

6. v. Rufus Milan, born Now 26, 1896. 

MACY. 

5. V. Mary A. Dinwiddie was married Aug. 28, 1871. 

to Clinton D. Mac}'. 

Children : 

6. i. I von M., born May 8, 1872. 

6. ii. Milon Roy, born March 24, 1874. 
6. iii. Charles, born April 2}, 1876. 

8 



DINWIDDIE CLAN. 



PEARCE. 



4. V. Margaret Jane Dinwiddie was married Nov. 
[840 to Michael Pearce who was born in Ohio Feb. 20, 
1808, and who died April 4. 1S61. .Mrs. Pearce died Aug. 
8, 1K94. The burial place of both is near Hebron, in Por- 
ter county, Indiana. Their home was in Lake county, east 
ot Plum Grove. (Margaret J. Dinwiddie had in the pioneer 
days ol Porter and Lake counties some experiences with 
the then resident Indians. For some of these see "North- 
Western Indiana," page 71). 

Children: 



3 
A 



John, born Jan. I 1. 1842. 

i. Harriet A., born March 2j, [843. 

ii. Nancy Ann. born Julv 14. 1S44. 

v. Mary fanette, born Dec. 17, [845. 
v. Loretta, born April 24, 1S47. died Aug. 4. [849. 
vi. Susannah, bom |ulv 31, 1849. 
vii. George, born June 7. [851, died Now 10. 1N51. 
viii. Seth L., born |uly 29, 1X^4. 
i.\. Ellen, born July 29, [854, died March is. [855. 
x. Thomas, born Feb. 23, [858. 
1 born al the Lake county home in EagleCreek town- 



ship 



PEARCE. 59. 



5. I. John Pearce and Lizzie V. Foster of Crown Point 
were married at Crown Point by Rev. T. H. Ball, Sept. 9, 

1 867. 

Children : 

6. i. Florence, born July 23, 1868. 

6. ii. Kittie, born . died - — . 

6. iii. Fred, born , died . 

Their names are here, their dust in the cemetery, but 
they are with the angels. 

6. iv. Jay Michael, born Aug. 20, 1874. 

6. v. Anna A., born Sept. 19, 1886, and adopted by J. 
and L. Pearce. 

R( )SS. 

6. I. Florence Pearce was married to Thomas Ross 
March 25, 1896. 

Son: 

7. i. Paul Pearce, . 

PEARCE. 

6. IV. Jay M. Pearce was married May 20. 1897, to 
Margaret Miller, born March 13, 1877. 

Daughter: 

7. i. Hannah Elizabeth, born Nov. 20, 1898. 



6o. 



1)1 N'W r IDDIE CLAN. 



BRYANT. 



I) 



ec 

6. 
6. 
6. 
6. 
6. 
6. 
6. 



II. Harriet A. Pearce was married to Isaac Bryant 
. i. [863. 

Children : 
Samuel Edwin, born April 14, 1X65. 
i. John Pearce, born Dec. 29, i866,died Aug. 8, [868. 
ii. Margaret I., born Jan. 8, 1869, died Aug. 17. 1S70. 
v. Bertha, born July 6. 1870. 
v. Jessie M., born Aug. 19. 1873. 
vi. Blanche E., born Aug. 3, 187S. 

I. Samuel E. Bryant married May 8, 1 890, Martha 
n Wheeler who was born Aug. 8, 1S69. 

Children : 

Alice Alvira, born March 4. 1891. 
i. Clara May. born May 20. 1892. 
ii. Christopher Wheeler, born Nov. 28, 1893. 
v. Lela Marie, bom March 31, 1897. 
v. Ruth, born Sept. 4, 1900. 



GEORGE. 



6. IV. Bertha Bryant was married in 1891, to Henry 
George oi South East Grove who died Ian. 24. 1894. 

Children : 

7. i. Grace May, born Dec. 24, [891. 



BUCHANAN. 61. 



7. ii. Kffie, born in 1893, died Sept. 2J, 1893. 
7. iii. Helen Louise, born Aug. 14, 1894. 

CHILDS. 

6. VI. Blanche Bryant was married May 1, 1897, to 
Charles Childs. 

SERVIS. 

5. III. Nancy A. Pearce was married to Orlando V. 
Servis, who was born Sept. 12, 1843, March 29, 1870. 

Children: 

6. i. Infant son, born and died July 20, 1874. 
6. ii. May B., born Oct. 9, 1876. 

BUCHANAN. 

5. IV. Mary J. Pearce was married to. William T. Bu- 
chanan who was born Feb. 23, 1850, March 21, 1872. 



6. 
6. 
6. 



Children: 

. Albert Dale, born May 4, 1873. 
i. Margaret R., born July 13, 1874. 
ii. Ina V., born Sept. 24, 1883. 

BUCHANAN. 



6. I. Albert D. Buchanan went to Hobart, Indiana, 
Dec. 3, 1895. Became a druggist. Was married Dec. 25, 
1897, t° Eva Jory of Hobart, who was born in August, 1X77. 



62. 



hixwinniK clan. 



Children: 
7. i. Lloyd Jory, born Sept. 27, 1898. 
7. ii. Annette, horn Sept. 6, 1900. 

StAHL. 

5. VI. Susannah Pearce married George Henry Stahl 
who was born March 2, 1849, J an - 2t > 1878.' 

Children: 

6. i. Margaret M., born Nov. 19, 1882. 
6. ii. Luther Raw horn Sept. I I. 1886. 

PEARCE. 

;. VIII. Seth L. Pearce was married March 16. [886, 
to Sarah Patterson who was born [uly K, 1859. 

Daughter: 
6. i. Margaret E., born March 6. 1887. 

5. X. Thomas Pearce and Mary I- Turner were mar- 
ried March [3, 1883. 



6. 
6. 

6. 



Children : 

J. Murray, born Oct. 5. 1SS8. 
i. Myrtle Maw bom Sept. 12, 1891, 
ii. Edna P., born Aug. 21, [893. 



Note. Rev. J. X. Buchanan of Hebron has, for the 
most part, attended the marriage gatherings and funeral 
services oi the large Pearce family, as with other families 



WILSON. ' 63. 



whose membership has been largely with the United Pres- 
byterian church. 

The members of this large Pearce family, three sous and 
tour daughters, are engaged in farming; one of the three, 
John Pearce, is a noted raiser of Poland-China hogs. 

4. VI. Eliza Ann Dinwiddie married John S. McAlpin 
March 5. 1S42, and died April 7. 1893. No children. 



4. VII. Descendants of Mary Dinwiddie. 

WILSON. 

4. VII. Mary Dinwiddie was married to |ames II. 
Wilson Sept. 8, 1842. 

Children: 

5. i Robert Wrenesick, born Jan. 15, 1844, near He- 
bron. Died Dec. I, 1847. 

5. ii. Mary Amanda, born near Hebron fune 15, 1S46. 
5. iii. Rebecca Ann, born Sept. II, 1S47. 

5. iv. James Milton, born Oct. 7. 1850. 

5. v. Thomas Jay, born Oct. 21, 1852. 

Up to this time the Wilson children were all born near 
Hebron; the other four were born near Halsey in Oregon 
to which place the family removed in 1853, going with ox 
teams. They were on the road seven months, a journey 
which can now be made on the cars in less than seven 
da vs. 



64. DINWIDDIE CLAN. 



5. vi. Leonard Ray, born fuly 13, iX;;. 

5. vii. Samuel Edwin, born Now 29, [857, died Oct. 21, 
[858. 

5. \-iii. Oscar Herman, born Sept. 7. 1X59. 

5. ix. Luella Augusta, born March 2, [863, died March 
5. [871. 

.MARKS. 

5. II. Mary Amanda Wilson was married to Matthew 
Mead Marks Sept. 25,1X64. 

( Ihildren : 

6. i. Myra Estella, horn July i, 1X65. 

6. ii. Clara May, born May 27, 1867. died May 19. [888. 

6. iii. Mary Olive, born Oct 14, 1X69. 

6. iv. Francis Evart, horn Feb. 7, [871, married [une 6, 

1900, to I allian C. Baldger. 

6. v. Clyde Wilson, born March 22, 1873. 

t). vi. Hallie Luella. horn Sept. 13, 1S74. 

6. vii. [van Blanchard, horn [une 30, 1S76. 
6. viii. Grace Ellen, born Aug. 24, 1X7X. 

6. ix. Florence Amanda, born Oct. 25, [879. 

COOPER. 

5. 111. Rebecca Ann Wilson was married fuly re, 
[8741 to David Morrow Cooper. 




JOHN S. McALPIN AND WIFE, 

Eliza Ann Dixwiddie McAlpix. 

63- 

G4-G5. 




JAMES II. WILSON. 63. 




MRS. MARY UINWIDDIE 
WILSON. 63. 



WILSON. <>;. 



6. 
6. 
6. 
6. 



Children: 
Charles Franklin, born Aug. 16, l S 7 5 . 
i. James Edgar, born Feb. 24. 1 S 7 7 . 
ii. Mary Lenore, born May 17. 1S7S. 
v. Ralph Foreman, born Dec. 8, 1 880. 



6. v. Florence Mildred, born March 20, 1SX2. 

WILSON. 

5. IV. James Milton Wilson, married Mary Susan 
Kirk. Nov. 21, 1878. 

Children: 

6. i. Lura Velnettie, born Jan. 31, 1SS0. 
6. ii. Arthur Hubert, born Nov. 12, 1SS2. 
6. iii. Ella May, born July 22, 1889. 

The father, James M. Wilson, died Aug, 26, 1895, ;uu ' t ' u ' 
the mother, Sept. 6, 1895. Their death was caused by a 
runaway team. 

5. V. Thomas Jay Wilson was married to Ilattie A. 
Richards, March 14, 1894. 

Children: 

6. i. Ruby E., born Jan. 20, 1895. 

6. ii. Ethel Rebecca, born Aug. 6, 1S96. 
6. iii. Nettie P., born July 30, 1898. 
6. iv. Nellie, born June 19, 1901. 

5. VI. Leonard Ray Wilson was married to Anna Cox, 
Dec. 31, 1878. 



66. dixwiddif clan. 



Children: 

6. i. Blanche Ellen, born Dec. 28, 1879. 

6. ii. Mary Bula, horn Dec. 30, 1880. 

6. iii. Bessie Alma, born .May 20; 1883. 

6. iv. Vera .May, horn July 7, 1885. 

6. v. Bertha K., horn Nov. 15, 1896, died Dec. 2, [897, 

SMILEY. 

6. 111. Mary ( )live Marks was married to P. |. Smiley, 
June 15, [892. 

I )aughter: 

7. i. Mabel Virginia, born Sept. 26, 1893. 

Two o!' these named above, Francis Evart Marks, and 
Ivan Blanchard Marks, reside in Buffala, N. Y. 

Mrs. Rebecca Ann Cooper's home is at Albany in Ore- 
gon, T. Jay Wilson's at Brownsville, and Leonard R. Wil- 
son's at Shedd, both in Oregon. Mr. Oscar II. Wilson is 
still at I lalsey in ( >regon. 

McALPIN. 

4. \ III. Sarah Ann Dinwiddie married [oseph L. 
McAlpin, ( >ct. [2, [848. 

Children : 

5. i. Mary Loretta, born near Hebron, Nov. 27, 1849. 
5. ii. Angeline Augusta, born Feb. 12, 1851. 

5. iii. Eliza Jane, born Feb. 1, 1854. 

5. iv. Susannah Isabella, horn July 19. 1856. 



McALPIN. 67. 



5. v. Margaret Ann, born Dec. 8, 1857. 
5. vi. Joseph Dinwiddie, born Oct. 31, 1863. 
5. vii. viii. ix. Emma, John Spencer, James Patterson, 
died in infancy. 

Mrs. Sarah A. McAlpin died Nov. 17, 1S63. 

5. I. Mary L. McAlpin married John C. McAlpin, 
( )ct. 1, 1867. 

Children: 

6. i. Flora Bell, born May 17, 1868. 

6. ii. Ora May, born Aug. 14, 1869, died Aug. 20, 1870. 

6. iii. Sarah Margaret, born Jan. 13, 1871. 

6. iv. Josie Robertha, born Feb. 21, 1873. 

6. v. Sylvia Maude, born Now 12, 1874. 

6. vi. Kittie Hayes, born Sept. 20, 1876. 

6. vii. Otto Little, born July 18. 1878, died Dec. 31, 1878. 

6. viii. Artie Leroy, born Feb. 15, 1881. 

6. ix. Ethel, born June 20, 1884, died July 2, 1884. 

HOSHAW. 

6. III. Sarah Margaret McAlpin was married to Phil- 
ip E. Hoshaw, Dec. 15, 1894. 

Children : 

7. i. Carrol Margaret, born March 2j, 1896. 

FICKLE. 

6. IV. Josie Robertha McAlpin was married by Rev. 



DINWIDDIE CLAN. 



McKenzie at 7:30 Wednesday evening, fune 22. [898, to 
David I!. Fickle. 

7. i. Daughter, born July 22, died July 29, 1N99. 

DOWELL. 

6. VI. Kiltie Hayes McAlpin was married to Ed. C. 

I )<>\\ell, ( )ct. 2. [897. 

Children: 

7. i. Donald Devere, born April iq. 1898. 
7. ii. Rhoda Margaret, born Nov. 20. 1900. 

DAVIS. 

5. II. Angeline Augusta McAlpin was married to 
Everett I )a\ is. Dec. 2=;. 1871. 

1 )aughter: 

''. i. Lottie A., born June 3, 1873. 

BAGLEY. 

6. 1. Lottie A. Davis was married by Rev. McKenzie, 
in Hebron, to L. O. Bagley, June 15. 1S9S. 

Children: 

7. i. I LI en Gladys, born Aug. 22. 1899. 
7. ii. Bernice Matilda, born Oct. 12. 1900. 



SWENEY. 69. 



GIDLEY. 

5. III. Eliza Jane McAlpin was married to John A. 
Gidley Dec. 3, 1873. 

Children: 



6. 
6. 
6. 
6. 



Mary, born Nov. 29, 1875. 
i. Sarah, born Nov. 29, 1875. 
ii. Florence, born Sept. 14, 1880. 
v. Henry Jay. born July, II, 1882. 



6. v. Stella, born June 19, 1885. 

SWENEY. 

6. I. Mary Gidley was married to Karl T. Sweney, 
June 27, 1894. 

CHILDS. 

6. II. Sarah Gidley was married to Otis T. Childs, 
who was born Oct. 26, 1873, Jan. 19, 1898. 

NICHOLS. 

5. V. Margaret Ann McAlpin was married Sept. 22, 
1880, to Cassius W. Nichols. She died Feb. 6. 1898. 

Children: 

6. i. George H., born July 12, 1881. 
6. ii. Ethel R., born Sept. 19, 1883. 



5. VI. Joseph D. McAlpin was married to Nettie 
Doty, (born Jan. 14, 1864) Nov. 29, 1883. 



70. DINWIDDIE CLAN. 



DINWIDDIE. 

4- LX. rhomas Patterson Dinwiddie was married to 
Martha M. Henderson fan. i, 1858. 

Children : 

5. i. Austria Kliza, horn in Oregon Oct. 2;, [858. 

ii. Elvirona Maggie, born. Nov. 9, i860. 

iii. Emma Iril, horn Jan. 23, 1S65. 

iv. Claudie Homer, horn Sept. 10. 1868. 

v. Iro Elmer, horn March 12, 1870. 

vi. Orvil Robert, born March 12. 1870. 

vii. Mary Lizzie Juno, born jnlv 28, [875. 

X. I Earriet Ann I )inwiddie. 

Died in childhood. June 8, 1837. 

These ten complete the record of the children of Thomas 
I )inwiddie. 

3. V. Ol Susannah Dinwiddie no descendants. 

3. VI. Descendants of David Dinwiddie 7th. 

3. VI. David Dinwiddie the Seventh, born Jan. 17, 
1792, was married Oct. 31, 1 8 16, to Mary Windle, daughter 
of Francis Windle and Mrs. Eleanor (Holt) Windle. lie 
was a pioneer in LaPorte county and died at LaPorte 
Sept. 17, [838. 

It may he inserted fittingly here that David Dinwiddie. 
called the Fifth, died near Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, 

and David Dinwiddie. called the Sixth, died in Ohio. 



DINWIDDIE. 71. 



t 

The first four Davids probably died in the province oi 
Ulster among the thousands there of those devoted Protes- 
tants known as the Scotch-Irish. 

Coming westward from LaPorte county into Porter and 
into the eastern part of Lake county, are found in 1836 as 
pioneers Thomas Dinwiddie and two sons, John VV. and 
David Dinwiddie, and with them were other members of 
the spreading' Dinwiddie family. 

In "North-Western Indiana," page 190, a mention will 
be found of David Dinwiddie, a pioneer in LaPorte county, 
ordained Pllcler in 1833. 

Children: 

4. i. Eleanor H., horn Jan. II, 1818. Married June 6, 
1837, to Matthew L. Walker, by Rev. Wm. K. Marshal, 
who was Presbyterian pastor at LaPorte from 1837 to ( )ct. 
1844. She had two children, Homer B., horn July 21, [842, 
and Mary J., born Aug. 3, 1844. Mrs. Walker died Jan. 31, 
1847- 

4. ii. Susannah P., born Feb. 6, 1X20, died Feb. 24, 1822. 

4. iii. John, born April 15, 1822, was married Oct. 20, 
1853, by Rev. J. N. Buchanan, to Rhoda Wallace of South 
Fast Grove in Lake county. Died Jan. 7, 1890. Their 
children were: 

5. i. Emma Francis, born April 23, 1857, died Aug. 4, 
1862. 

5. ii. John Wallace, born Sept. 18, 1858, died Sept. 12. 
1859. 



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DINWIDDIE CLAN. 



5. iii. Mary Ella, born July 2. [862. 



4. iv. Susannah P., born Sept. 24. [824, died May II, 
[825. 

[It seems to have been quite a custom in these families 
as in other old families, to name a child after a brother or 
sister who had died. ) 

4. v. Margaret J., born March 5, 1826. married by the 
Rev. K. Marshall. Aug. 2~. 1X44. to Wm. C*. Nelson, died 
Feb. 2~. [852. 

4. vi. David the Eighth, born Oct. 8, 1.S2S. died Nov. 
28, [850. 

4. vii. Frances YV\, born May 16. [831, died Aug. 29, 
[852. 

4. viii. Martha Edge] Burnside, born in LaPorte county 
Aug. 31, [833, died May 7, 1 S35. 

4. ix. Mary Etta, born April 26. [836, died March 22. 
[852. 

4. x. William, born July 10, 1838, died Jan. 24. 1839. 
The descendants of this David arc few bearing the Din- 

u iddie name. 

The following came too late for insertion on page 70. 

5. I. Austria E. Dinwiddie was married June 10. 1885, 
to Nelson — . born March 22, 1S41. 

Children: Ruby, born July 5, 1886, died Feb. 4, 1887; 
Orvill, b. Nov. 18,1887; Glen, b. May 11. 1891. 

5. IV. Claud II. Dinwiddie was married to Ida May 
Mr Kinney Jan. 26, 1893. 

Children: Charles Merrill, born Jan. 2, 1894; Verneta 
Pearl and Vern McKinley, b. June 9, 1895; Beulah and 
llah, b. ( let, 31. 1898; Irene, b. Oct. 4. 19OO. 




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DINWIDDIE. 70. 

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JOSEPH L. McALPIN. 66. 




MRS. SARAH DINWIDDIE 
McALPIN. 66. 




DAVID DINWIDDIE, ;th, ;o. 
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AIRS. MARY WINDLE 
DINWIDDIE. 70. 




DAVID D. DILLEY. 74. 




MRS. ADELINE THANKFUL 
ELLITHORPE DILLEY. 74. 



3. VII. DESCENDANTS OF MARY M. 
DINWIDDIE. 



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74- DIXWIDUIE CLAN. 



DILLEY. 

3. Vllfc. Mary M. Dinwiddie was married to Jonathan 
Dilley (probably) in [823. Exact date not at hand. 

Son : 

4- I. David D. Dilley was horn Jan. 28, l825,was mar- 
ried in [848 to Adeline Thankful Ellithorpe, who was horn 
June 15, 1S30. 

Children : 

5. i. William I)., horn Oct. 17, 1849. 

ii. Samuel Edwin, born Nov. 9, 185 1. 
5. iii. James Buchanan, horn March 10, 1853. 
5. iv. Eudora, horn Oct. 31, 1856. 
5. v. John McAlpin, horn July 5, 1857. 

vi. Susan Alice, horn July I S, 1858. 

vii. Mary Eliza, horn June 5, i860. 

\ iii. David Turner, horn Feb. 2^ s 1862. 

i.\. Thomas Jefferson, horn Nov. 19. 1864. 
5. x. Jennie, horn Oct. 31, 1865. 

5. xi. George Newell, horn Aug.2I, 1867, died Nov. 30, 
l 896. 

5. xii. Addie, horn Aug. 20, 1869. 
5. xiii. Emma, horn Aug. 14, 1871. 

5. I. William I). Dilley was married to Susan Ludy, 
J me 5, 1S72. 'She died Oct. 28, 1876. Married again, 
Maach 1 4, 1883, to Harriet Ella Frye, who was born fuly 
27, 1864. 



DILLEY. 75. 



Children: 

6. i. Ernest E., born Oct. 24, 1875. 
6. ii. Fred M., born Dec. 24, 1883. 

5. II. Samuel E. Dilley was married March 5, 1879, 
to Mary V. Stoner who was born Sept. 23, 1858. No rec- 
ord of children. 

5. III. James B. Dilley was married Oct. 21, 1875, to 
Mary R. Tannehill, who was born July 2y, 1857. 

Children: 

6. i. Clark David Dilley, born Oct. 8, 1876, was mar- 
ried Dec. 28, 1898, to Nanna M. McKnight, who was born 
Feb. 17, 1877. 

6. ii. Tony Charles Wilbur Dilley, born Nov. 15, 1878, 
was married June 10, 1898 to Pearl Prevo. 

BRYANT. 

5. IV. Eudora Dilley was married Oct. 15, 1878, to 
Charles Bryant, who was born March 22, 1858. 

Children: 

6. i. Floyd, born July 31, 1880. 
6. ii. Ray, born March 8, 1883. 

6. iii. Charles Roy. born Aug. 25, 1885, died Sept. 25, 
1886. 

6. iv. Earl, born March 24, 1889. 

6. v. William Sterling, born Aug. 1, 1892, died Feb. 26, 
1893. 

6. vi. Mary Adaline, born Aug. 9, 1895. 



7 6. 



DINWIDDIE CLAN. 



DILLEY, 

5. V. John McAlpin Dilley and Capitola Merriss, who 
was born Dec. 13, 1868. were married Sept. [3, 1883. 



Children 



6. 
6. 
6. 
6. 



Edna V., born July 24, 1890. 

i. Kenneth J., horn June 19, 1892. 

ii. Vera Leona, born .March 13. 1894. 

v. Vanchie Fayette, bom Oct. 19. 1895. 
6. v. Loren George, born Feb. 25, died Oct. 17. [897. 
6. vi. A daughter, born June 24, died July 2j. 1899. 



LEROY 



5. VI. Susan A. Dilley was married to Wil 
Nov. I, 1883. and died Oct. 17, 1897. 

Daughter: 

6. i. Goldie I., born March 3. 1S86. 



I ,erov 



5. VII. Mary 
Nov. 14, 1888. 



Eliza Dilley married George Leroy 



Children 



6. 
6. 
6. 



Edith M.. born Feb. 2, 1890. 
i. Claude, born July 6. 1892. 
ii. Vina Dell, 'born March 29, 1895. 



DILLEY. 77. 



DILLEY. 

5. VIII. David T. Dilley was married Jan. 19. 1887, 
to Ida May Temple, who was born May 7, 1871. 

Children: 

6. i. Mabel St. Clair, born Oct. 3, 1887, died Feb. II, 
1888. 

6. ii. Jessie Janetta, born Feb. 17, 1889. 

6. iii. Marian, born Feb. 22, 1891. 

6. iv. Frances, born Sept. 5, 1894. 

6. v. Adaline, born July 21, 1898. 



5. IX. Thomas J. Dilley was married to Gertie Brey, 
July 10, 1884. 

Son: 

6. i. Willie A., born Aug. 26, 1885. 
Mrs. Dilley died April 12, 1887. 

BERDINE. 

5. X. Jennie Dilley was married Sept. 13, 1883, to 
Willis Berdine, who was born July 10, 1862. 

KINZIE. 

5. XII. Adaline, married to John Kinzie, Oct. 20, 
1887, died Sept. 3, 1888. 

NICHOLS. 

5. XIII. Emma, married to Andrew Nichols, (who 
was born Nov. 14, 1865) Aug. 14, 1888. 



;s. DINWIDDIE CLAN. 



3. VIII. DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM 
DINWIDDIE. 

3. VIII. Dr. William Dinwiddie was married to 
Martha Burn side in 1824. 

Children : 

4. i. Eudora, born Nov. n, 1833. 

4. ii. William A., born at LaPorte, Aug. 26, 1839. 
4. iii. .Martha E., born Nov. 18, 1842. 

SMITH. 

4. !. Eudora Dinwiddie was married to Robert A. 
Smith, at Newton, Iowa, Nov. 28. 1855. Witnesses: Wil- 
liam Dinwiddie and Luther Black. 

Children: 

5. i. Charles C, born May 7, 1857. 
5. ii. Harriet M., born Jan. 1, 1859. 

5. iii. William Burr, born Oct. 24, i860. 
5. iv. Helen M., born Nov. 26, 1862. 
5. v. Fred B., born Dec. 24, 1864. 

Robert A. Smith was a native of Vermont. Married in 
Iowa. Now living in South Dakota. Some of the child- 
ren above named are married. Record not at hand. 

4. II. William A. Dinwiddie was married at Freeport, 
Illinois, to Miss Hattie Guiteau, Dec. 28. 1865. She died 

June 12, 1872. 

Son: 

5. i. William, born Aug. 28, 1867. 



DINWIDDIE. 79. 



Of his wife and children no record has been obtained. 
Their home seems to be in Washington, D. C. 

William Dinwiddie was war correspondent for Harper's 
Weekly in the Cuban War and in regard to the Boer War 
in South Africa. He has written an interesting" book on 
Puerto Rico. In 1899 he was in Manila writing for Har- 
per and the New York Herald. His father wrote to 0. 
Dinwiddie, Sept. 14, 1899, "He will be glad to hear from 
you and of the doings of the 'Clan'." 

4. II. W. A. Dinwiddie was married, a second time, 
in Washington, D. C, Feb. 27, 1878. The following notice 
was published at the time. 

"Lieut. W. A. Dinwiddie, U. S. A., was united in wed- 
lock with Miss Ella Kilpatrick, daughter of Judge Kilpat- 
rick, Chief of the Swamp Land Division, General Land 
Office." 

The wedding was called "brilliant," even for Washing- 
ton, over fifty distinguished society people being named 
in the published account as having been present. At the 
time of this marriage Lieutenant Dinwiddie was stationed 
at Champaign, Illinois, "as professor of military science 
in the Illinois Industrial University." 

Daughter: 

5. ii. Daisy Dinwiddie, attending school in 1900. 



Although it may pass beyong the time limit of most of 



So. DINWIDDIE CLAX. 



the records in this hook, the following brief memorial 
seems to be justly due of W. A. Dinwiddie, whom Mrs. 
Klla K. Dinwiddie. in a recent letter, calls "one of the 
best men that ever lived." 

He was educated in the public schools of Northern In- 
diana. He graduated as a physician in Philadelphia in 
i860, but preferred a military life. 

In 1862 he entered the U. S. Army as a member of the 

noted 22d Iowa Infantry. After the war closed he en- 
tered the regular army. He was for twenty years Second 
and then First Lieutenant, from 1 866 to 1886. when he was 
retired on account of injuries received in frontier duty. 
Although on the retired list he was still detailed to do 
duty as a military instructor and was promoted to the rank 
of Major. 

After leaving Champaign he was detailed to the Iowa 
Wesleyan University from 1887 to 1891, and then to the 
Iowa State Normal School where he was Commandant of 
the military department till "relieved because ofillness, 
September, 1901." He died Nov. 4, 1901. The following 
are some extracts from the published account of the "Fu- 
neral of Major Dinwiddie." 

"At one o'clock yesterday the immediate friends of 
of Major and Mrs. Dinwiddie and the honorary pallbear- 
ers, representing the business interests of Cedar Falls. 
gathered at the family residence * * to accompany Mrs. 
Dinwiddie and the son and daughter to the Normal Audi- 
torium, where the services wire held. * * * Six of the Nor- 



DINWIDDIE. 81. 



mal cadets were bearers. * * * The casket was of the army 
gray broadcloth, covered with a wealth of beautiful flow- 
ers. The spacious Auditorium was eloboratelv draped 
with flags and the national colors. The seating capacity 
is about two thousand and the room was filled with the 
students, faculty, friends, citizens, and members of the G. 
A. R., who assembled to do honor to the soldier who for 
ten years had made his home with us." * * * "After the 
closing prayer * * the procession started for Fairview 
Cemetery, escorted by Major Olmsted and his cadets and 
the Normal band. At the cemetery three volleys were 
fired over the grave, the last bugle sounded, and the im- 
pressive services were ended. The Major's fine black 
horse, Belmont, with his empty saddle and reversed stir- 
rup, was led behind the hearse." 

("And after him lead his masterless steed, 

While peals the minute gun.") 
"His 'Cadets,' scattered all over the world, will mourn 
when they learn that his duties are done, his arms laid 
down, and his saddle forever empty. 

SMITH. 

4. III. Martha E. Dinwiddie was married to George 
E. Smith, (who was born March 18, 1835,) 0ct - 3 1 * 1865. 

Children: 

5. i. Gurden William, born June 29, 1866, died Dec. 20, 
1866. 



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82. DINWIDDIE CLAN 



5. ii. Minnie Maria, born Aug. 16, 1867. 

5. iii. Frank A., horn April 30, 1869. 

5. iv. Dora Dell, born April 30, 1871. 

5. v. Celia Ames, born Nov. 9, 1872, died Oct. 2~, 1873 

5. vi. Charles Lee, born Nov. 15, 1874. 

5. vii. Bertha Ames, born Dec. 1, 1876. 

5. viii. Fred Emmerson, born March 30, 1878. 

5. ix. William Burnside, born July 3, 1879. 

5. x. Robert Alden, born March 25, 1881. 

5. xi. Gurden Burr, born May 23, 1883. 

5. xii. Harry Leonard, born April 7, 1885. 

5. xiii. Carrie May born July 20, 1889. 

POTTFR. 

5. II. Minnie Maria Smith married Rev. Piatt I. Potter, 
Jan. 3, 1888. 

Children: 

6. i. George Sidney, born Oct. 17, 1888. 
6. ii. Julia Edghill, Feb. 1, 1890. 

6. iii. Clark B., Oct. 3, 1891. 

6. iv. Francis Willard, born Nov. 22, 1893. 

6. v. Alta Marie, born April 2, 1898. 

6. vi. Charles Wesley, May, 1901. 

WILLIAMSON. 

5. VII. Bertha Ames Smith married June 26, 1901, 
to Albert Williamson. 

3. IN. Descendants of Margaret Dinwiddie. 



DINWIDDIE. 83. 



3. IX. Margaret Dinwiddie was married to Jacob Ar- 
mitage, probably about 1822. She died May 13, 1832. 

Children: 

John, born 



i. Eliza Jane, born 
ii. David, born - 



4- 

4- 
4- 

David Armitage enlisted in the noted 9th Regiment of 
Indiana Volunteers and was killed at Shiloh. 

We now return to the other descendants of David, the 
Fifth. 

2. V. James Dinwiddie died in childhood. 

2. VI. Sarah Dinwiddie, married to Samuel Cross, 
died in 1815. In the will of David Dinwiddie is mentioned 
his grandson David Cross no doubt her son. 

2. VII. DESCENDANTS OF HUGH 
DINWIDDIE. 

2. VII. Hugh Dinwiddie was married Nov. 22, 1792, 
to Margaret Morrow, a sister of Gov. Morrow of Ohio. 
He died March 21, 1825 and his wife Dec. 1, 1848. 

Children: 

3. i. Mary, born Jan. 17, 1794. 

3. ii. David, born Feb. or Sept. 13, 1796. 

3. iii. John, born March 18, 1798. 

3. iv. Hugh, born June 6, 1802. 

3. v. Jane M., born Dec. 20, 1804. 



84. DINWIDDIE CLAN. 



3. vi. Margaret, born May 7. 1808. 
3. vii. Sarah, born May 8, 1S10. 
3. viii. Hugh D., born Oct. 6, 1812. 

ESPY. 

3. I. .Mary Dinwiddie married John Espy, March 3. 
1814. 

Children: 

4. i. Elmira J., born March 2, 1815. Married William 
Clugstone. 

4. ii. Margaret, born Dec. 17, 1816. Married - 
Thompson. 

4. iii. George L.. born May, 1819. Married Mariah 



DINWIDDIE. 

3. II. David Dinwiddie, born at Gettysburg, was married 
at Hebron, Indiana, Dec. 22, 1842, to Catherine E. Cross- 
man (born in 1820) and died June 9, 1867 in Hebron. His 
wife died July 12, 1880. 

Children: 

4. i. John Calvin, born April 4, died June 30, 1844. 
4. ii. Infant daughter, born and died Aug. 27, 1846. 
4. iii. Mary J., born July 22, 1852 in Hebron. 

BROOKS. 
4. III. Mary J. Dinwiddie was married in Valparaiso 
by Rev. Boyd, M. E. pastor, Dec. 31, 1868, to Lyman 
Brooks, who was born in Kankakee, 111., Dec. 9, 1846. 



STANWAITY. 85. 



Children: 
5. i. Ora E., born Jan. 4, 1870, died Aug. 26, 1870. 
5. ii. Emma, born Jan. 8, 1872. 
5. iii. Homer, born Dec. 12, 1874. 
5. iv. Hester, born March 30, 1877. 
5. v. Annie May, born May 2, died Oct. 14, 1878. 
5. vi. William D.. born Nov. 13, 1882, died July 28, 1884. 
All born in Hebron. 

STANWAITY. 

5. II. Emma Brooks was married Aug. 27, 1889, to 
John Stanwaity in Peru, Kansas. 

Children: 

6. i. Mary, born June 19, 1894. 
6. ii. Hope, born June 18, 1896. 
Now living at Lamar, Missouri. 

DINWIDDIE. 

3. III. John Dinvviddie died Oct. 26, 1877. No record 
of children at hand. 

3. IV. Hugh Dinwiddie. No record of death or of 
children given. 

3. V. Jane M. Dinwiddie was married March 21, 1827, 
to William Cox, who died July 18, (probably) 1828, leav- 
ing one child. 

4. i. Cox, born Jan. 8, 1828. Mrs. Cox after- 
ward married J. M. Campbell, who died Nov. 13, 1877. 



86. DINWIDDIE CLAN. 

SWENEY. 

3. VI. Margaret Dinwiddie, born at Gettysburg, May 

8, 1810, having become a resident of Ohio in 1825. was 

married Nov. 2^,, 1835 to Thomas C. Sweney, who was 

born at Chambersburg, Aug. 7, 1807, removed to Ohio in 

1823. and to Hebron. Indiana. In 1837. He was for several 

years county surveyor of Crawford county, Ohio, and for 

a long time official surveyor of Porter county, Indiana. 

He was a life long Presbyterian and his wife a United 

Presbyterian. He died May 10, 1886, and his wife Nov. 

19* iS/4- 

Children: 

4. i. William E., born in Bucyrus, Ohio, Aug. 6, 1S37. 
4. ii. John Miller, born Feb. 14, 1840. Died July 7. 

1898. Burial services conducted by Rev. J. N. Buchanan. 
4. iii. Hugh, born Oct. 4, 1848. 



4. I. William E. Sweney, "a graduate of Indiana Uni- 
versity in the class of 1859," adopting civil engineering as a 
profession, county surveyor of Porter county, Indiana, for 
two terms, was married Aug. 11, 1866, to Sarah A. Gidley, 

born Jan. 7. 1847, died Jan. 16, 1871. July 22, 1872, he was 
married to Celiste M. Hurst, who was born July 5, 1843, 
in Missouri, at Beardstown. To these were given a daugh- 
ter. 

5. i. Margaret Mildred was born April 7, 1875, an ^ 
was married Dec. 29, 1897, to W 7 illiam A. Hamilton, a 
graduate of the Indiana University, by profession a teach- 
er. 



SWENEY. 87. 



Note. The oldest representative of Hugh Dinwiddie 
of Gettysburg, where his mother was born, himself born 
in Ohio, Mr. W. E. Sweney, having been nearly all of his 
life a continuous resident in Porter county, has been for 
many years engaged at Hebron "in the mercantile and 
shipping trade," dealing in lumber, agricultural imple- 
ments, and hay, and has taken a large interest in the ar- 
rangements for this book, and in the progress of the "Din- 
widdie Clan." It has been stated in another connection 
that he proposed the name. Surely some Scotch blood 
has come down to him. T. H. B. 

4. II. John M. Sweney was married by Rev. J. N. 
Buchanan, Sept. 17, 1867, to Nancy J. Allen, born July 13, 
1847, a daughter of George W. Allen. 

Children: 

5. i. Infant son born and died Aug. 1, 1868. 

5. ii. Earl T., born Aug. 21, 1869, married June 27, 
1894. 

5. iii. George M. born March 30, 1871. married Sept. 
20, 1893, to Florence J. Frye. 

5. iv. v. Infant twins, born and died April 5, 1875. 

5. vi. Charles W., born Jan. 5, 1877. 

5. vii. Miner H., born Feb. 2, 1881. 

5. viii. Mary M., born March 2, 1889. 

5. II. Earl T. Sweney was married to Mary Gidley 
June 27, 1894. 



88. D1XWIDDIE CLAN. 

4. III. Hugh D. Sweney, born Oct. 4, 1848, was mar- 
ried Aug. 4, 1875 to Hannah A. Skinkle who was born 
March 6. 1852. 

Children: 

5. i. Sadie J., born March 18, 1880. 

5. ii. Carlton H., born Sept. 20, 1884. 



3. VII. VIII. Of Sarah Dinwiddie and of Hugh I). 
Dinwiddie, born in 18 10 and 1812, no record of children 
or of marriage is at hand. 

Other descendants of David the Fifth. 

2. VIII. William Dinwiddie, born March 7, 1768, was 
married to Hannah 

Children: 

3. i. Jean, ii James, iii David. 

These, according to the Will the oldest three. 

2. IX. Of Nancy Dinwiddie, born in 1784 no descend- 
ants traced. 

2. X. Elisabeth Dinwiddie, born 1787, was married in 
August, 1805, to William Wilson. Her descendants not 
traced. 

Note. The lines that have been specially followed out 
in this book are of those who came into Northern Indiana. 




THOMAS G. SWENEY. 86. 

SS->9 




MRS MARGARET DINWIDDIE 
SWENEY. 3. VI. 




! ) a. /VILLIAM DINW'I DDIE. ;S. 



REMARKS. 89. 



There have now been traced from David Dinwiddle the 
Sixth, from six of his nine children, six lines, and from 
Hugh Dinwiddie, a brother of this David, two lines, making 
ing eight lines of descent, with many branch lines, from 
that Dinwiddie who settled at Marsh Creek in Pennsyl- 
vania; and the members who are now living in Indiana, of 
these eight lines, and those in Iowa and South Dakota 
and Oregon, and elsewhere, going back through Ohio to 
Pennsylvania, and from that prosperous and generally 
peaceful colony established by William Penn, back through 
the Protestant province of Ireland, reach their known an- 
cestor, the first David Dinwiddie mentioned in their old- 
est family Bibles, at about the year 1600. Without much 
doubt he was born in Scotland. Already there are chil- 
dren of the seventh American generation, six of these 
generations born in America, and adding the four Scotch- 
Irish generations, eleven generations take these children 
back more than three hundred years to ancestral homes in 
that richly historic land where oft was heard, in family 
and in public worship, the rich strains of that "noble El- 
gin," called 

"The sweetest of all Scotia's holy lays." 
Could these American children of the tenth and elventh 
generations find in some old historic records the annals of 
their ancestors in about 1575, when David the First must 
have been born, they would find a true Dinwiddie clan, in 
Scottish garb, with Scottish accent, with Scottish habits, 
and with Scottish virtues. 

12 



90. DINWIDDIE CLAN. 



The colonist at Marsh Creek, or Gettysburg as now 
known, has lefl a piece oi writing which he called Night 
Thoughts, and which shows that he was a man of strong 
religious principle and ol a deep religions experience. In 
his writing he mentions the instruction given In - their pas- 
tor and the preparation for the solemn work, as he well 
calls it, oi the' renewal of their "Covenants National and 
Solemn League" iii November, 1743. On Friday, Novem- 
ber 11th the covenants were- read, and a sermon preached 
from the text, Jeremiah 50:5. "Come and let us join our- 
selves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not 
be forgotten." During the reading of the covenant the 
people stood with right hands uplifted and at the close of 
the reading gave their assent to the words and "subscribed 
with their hands to the same." 

At this time, November 1743, he lived, he says, at Pick- 
que, written also Pequa, in Lancaster county, and in the 
fall of 1744, he says, "1 removed to Marsh Creek." He 
mentions also, in these Night Thoughts, his marriage, 
December 17, 1745, to Jean McClure at Oetoraro, which 
was in Lancaster county, not far from his earlier home. 

In reviewing something of his family life, which now 
commenced, he mentions having experienced "sweet as 
well as bitter dispensations" of Providence. He held re- 
sponsible positions in church life for many years, and his 
writing implies that he was a member for a time of the 
State Legislature. 

It is a privilege to be descended from such a man as was 
the Covenanter Elder, David Dinwiddie of Marsh Creek. 



REMARKS. 91. 



Remark. With more than fifty children now members 
of this Clan there is no danger of the organization failing 
for want of members; but there is some possibility that 
the Dinwiddie name may have no representatives. Among 
these fifty and more children there are now two Dinwiddie 
boys, Henry Dinwiddie and Keith Dinwiddie; and there 
is one youth, Lorraine Dinwiddie. On these rest the 
hopes for perpetuating in Lake county the Dinwiddie 
name. Esto perpetua. 

Note. I place much reliance as to names, dates, 
orthography, and statements, upon the Biographical Sketch 
of the Rev. John Cuthbertson, the value of which I did 
not at all appreciate until I came to study it as an author- 
ity in preparing these "Records." The Sketch relies large- 
ly on the diary of Mr. Cuthbertson, of which the Sketch 
writers had "a faithful copy of the original," and the dates 
given "cannot be called in question" since a regular jour- 
nal was kept by Mr. Cuthbertson "from his arrival in 
America." 

To the Sketch there is an Appendix containing "the 
Minute of the General Meeting, which paper has been 
handed down to posterity among the papers of Thomas 
Wilson of Marsh Creek, and who is supposed to have been 
the Secretary of the General Meeting." Among the com- 
missioners were some from Muddy Run, some from Piquea, 
and from Marsh Creek Thomas Wilson and David Dun- 
woodie. This is the form of the name at that time, the 
date being March 4, 1744. The meeting was held at Mid- 
dle Octoraro. 



92. DINWIDDIE CLAN. 

It is fully established by this record that as early as 1744 
David Dunwoodie, whose name is written Dinwiddie 
from Mr. Cuthbertson's Diary all through the Sketch, was 
a resident or church member at Marsh Creek. 

From this Sketch it may also be learned that Pequa, or 
Piquea as it is once written, and Octoraro were about six- 
teen miles apart, and both in Lancaster county, while 
Marsh Creek, to which from from Pequa David Dinwiddie 
removed was in Adams county. 

There seems to be a discrepancy, such as is found some- 
times in sacred as well as common history, between the 
official record of the General Meeting and the "Night 
Thoughts" in regard to the time of removal to Marsh 
Creek, the Night Thoughts placing that removal in the 
fall of 1744, and the official record assigning a church 
membership at Marsh Creek in March 1744. Both are 
trustworthy documents, and as there is no history at hand 
ol the first settlement of the family at Pequa, nor when 
church membership commenced at Marsh Creek, and some 
other particulars in regard to the family between 1740 
and 1744 are not known, the two statements may both be 
received as correct. T. H. B. 



EXTRACTS. 93. 



IV. EXTRACTS. 

In the latter part of the Dunwoody Family History, are 
a few pages under the heading, "Family History — Din- 
widdie," taken it is said, "from the History of Adams and 
Cumberland counties, Sept. 5, 1888." A tract of William 
Penn's land is mentioned as given up in 1741 to settlers 
called "Scotch Irish of the border," and among these are 
"David Dinwiddie, April 1741, Hugh." These seem to 
have been brothers. There are also named David Din- 
widdie Jr., and Jane Dinwiddie. (Jane is evidently anoth- 
er form for Jean.) These in 1802. 

The following sentence shows, by composing names and 
dates, that these are Dinwid lies of this Dinwiddie book* 
having no known connection with the Dunwoodys. The 
sentence is: "In the old Marsh Creek County Fairfield 
Road, are stones giving the death of Hugh Dinwiddie, 
1825; Sarah Dinwiddie, 1744; David Dinwiddie, 1802; Jane 
Dinwiddie [Jean] 1781; Elizabeth Dinwiddie, 1789." The 
marriage, by Rev. Alexander Dobbin, of Elizabeth Kerr, 
is given, Nov. 2, the book says, not 20, 1783. 

Further mention is made of a Hugh Dinwiddie who 
was married by Rev. A. Dobbin to Martha Finly, April 12, 
1792. 

Children: 

John Dinwiddie. 

Sarah Dinwiddie — Heagy. 

Second marriage: Hugh Dinwiddie to Sarah W. Black. 



94- DINWIDDIE CLAN. 



Children: 

Henry B., Cambridge, Ind. 
I >avid, Philadelphia. 
Jance C. Homer, Adams county. 
Robert, Centerville, [nd. 
James, Bainbridge, Ind. 
Anna \Y. Shirfy, Bloomington, Ind. 
Ran a Duphon, Bloomington, Ind. 
Franklin \\\, Rockville, Ind. 

A record to! lows of another marriage of some Hugh 
Dinwiddie to Jean Crawford, and the following list of 
children is given : 

Rosana Dinwiddie, Jean Ferguson, 

v/ Rosana Downery, Sarah Dinwiddie, 

John Dinwiddie, Sarah Patlon, 

David Dinwiddie, Martha Dinwiddie, 

Hugh Dinwiddie. Martha McKee, 

Robert Dinwiddie, Isabel Dinwiddie. 

Jean Dinwiddie, Isabel Reid. 

Under "Church History" mention is made of the ordina- 
tion of David Dinwiddie in 1753 and as ordained with him 
Jeremiah Manon, as written on page 7 1, Jeremiah Morrow 
on page 72. and in the biography of Rev. John Cuthbert- 
son, among the six elders ordained April 8, 1753, are Dav- 
id Dinwiddie and Jeremiah Murray, which is probably the 
real name and evidently Scotch. This church of which 
the Dinwiddies of Marsh Creek were members, fully or- 
ganized April 8, 1753. was called Rock Creek, and this 
record has been made. "The Rock Creek Church at the 

period of the Revolution was probably the most important 
and in'lae-iti il Covenantor Church in America." 



OTHER DINWIDDIES. 95. 



V. OTHER DINWIDDIES. 

In the Dunwoody book to which reference has more 
than once been made, on pages 51 and 52, is a letter from 
J. H. Dinwiddie of Newbern, Iowa, in which he says (date 
1884), that his great-grandfather, William Dinwiddie. a 
brother named David, "and perhaps another brother, came 
from Ireland about one hundred and fifty years ago." This 
William Dinwiddie, he says, lived and died near Mercers- 
burg, Franklin county, in Pennsylvania. He names sev- 
en sons, John, William, Adam, Samuel, James. Joseph, and 
David. Four of these were in the War of the Revolution. 
He gives quite an amount of Dinwiddie family history, 
(he thinks there is really but one family of this name in 
the United States), and gives his own name in full as 
James Hill Dinwiddie, born in Blount county, Tennessee, 
April 11, 1825. 

It seems probable that the David Dinwiddie he men- 
tions is the David who settled at Marsh Creek in 1744; and 
from the records in the Dunwoody book, pages 71, 72, and 
73, it appears probable that Hugh Dinwiddie, of 1741, was 
a brother of David. 

These probabilities give the probability that three broth- 
ers, William, David, and Hugh, came into the Pennsyl- 
vania colony about the middle of the eighteenth century. 
Adding to these David Dunwoody of Chester county. 
Pennsylvania of 1747, and a Georgian Dunwoody who was 
at first a Dinwiddie, who will be mentioned, and there are 



96. DINWIDDIE CLAN. 

five historic heads of families as progenitors of very many 
Dunwoodies and Dinwiddies now in America. 

That there was a Hugh Dinwiddie in Adams county is 
evident from the foregoing extracts from records, and 
there must have been at least two, for that Hugh Dinwid- 
die who died in [825 cannot be supposed to have been old 
enough to hold land in 1741, and so another conjecture is 
hazarded here. 

In the possession of Rev. J. T. Wilson is the original of 
the following "pass" or order: 

"Philadelphia, Jan. 12, 1777. 

Major Hugh Dunwoody of the 2d Battallion of York 
county having died of a short illness in this city, the Bear- 
er, Hugh Wilson, being directed to carry the doleful tid- 
ings to the surviving friends of that gentleman, you are 
hereby requested to let him pass unmolested." 

The conjecture now is this, that Major Hugh Dunwoody, 
as the name in the military pass is written, member of a 
York count)' battallion, York adjoining Adams county, 
was that Hugh Dinwiddie mentioned in the history of 
Adams county as having taken up land in 1741, and hav- 
ing confirmed to him by warrant "April 16, 1765, 400 
acres," David Dinwiddie having confirmed to him the 
same amount on the same day. It must have been a sec- 
ond Hugh Dinwiddie who was married to Martha Finly 
April 12, 1792, and who died in 1825. 



REMARKS. 9;. 



And it must have been a third Hugh Dinwiddie who 
was married to Jean Crawford, as the following" letter from 
Franklin W. Dinwiddie to O. Dinwiddie will show. It is 
dated at Rockville, Ind., Sept. 3, 1895. Extract. "I am 
in my 78th year. My father, Hugh Dinwiddie, was a far- 
mer a few miles south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where 
I was born and where he died when I was a small boy. I 
am the youngest member of his family, and the only one 
living of eleven children. I am sorry to say that I have 
no record ol my ancestors that I could forward to you." 

He mentions his own children, an only daughter Louisa, 
wife of Rev. J. Foxworthy of the Methodist Episcopal 
church, George T., a hardware merchant at Frankfort, 
Ind., und Win. C. and Ed. R. on ranches in Sheridan coun- 
ty, Wyoming. He names two who have died, James his 
oldest son, who died in 1890, and Franklin A., who died 
in infancy in 1854. He signs his name F. W. Dinwiddie, 
that the F is for Franklin is beyond a reasonable doubt. 
As already suggested, it follows from the statement in 
this letter, that Hugh Dinwiddie married to Jean Crow- 
ford, the father of four sons, John, David, Hugh, and Rob- 
ert, and of five daughters, Rosana, Jean, Sarah, Martha, 
and Isabel, was not the father Of F. W. Dinwiddie of Rock- 
ville. 

Tne following is an extract from a letter written by the 
Librarian of the State Library of Pennsylvania, Jan. 4, 
1896. 

13 



98. DINWIDDIE CLAN. 



"There was a family in what is now York and Adams 
counties, Pennsylvania, prior to the Revolution. The name 
is sometimes written Dunwoody, it was nevertheless Din- 
widdle. What became of this family I cannot tell, but 
presume that they are scattered throughout the western 
states." 

It may be expected that a copy of this Dinwiddie book 
will some day reach that library. 

Rev. Dr. James L. Dinwiddie "a very able clergymen 
of the Associate Reformed Church" Mr. T. II. Wilson 
calls a grandson of David Dinwiddie of Marsh Creek, but 
his descent does not appear in these Records. The writer 
ot the Church History in the Dunwoody book, page 72, 
mentioning David Dinwiddie as one of the first "ruling 
elders about Gettysburg." adds that he "was the grand- 
father of Rev. J. L. Dinwiddie." and then he. or a tran- 
scriber, inserts as a parenthesis the question "Who was 
he?" implying that the name of his father was not known. 
Mr. Wilson says of this ruling elder near Gettysburg, pam- 
phlet, page 4. "Some of his sons settled in the South, 
and I have supposed that the two prominent Southern 
Presbyterian clergymen of that name were, no doubt, de- 
scendants of his." 

He who tries to connect in a sure line of descent the 
Dinwiddies in America with any one Irish orScottish line 
will find he has before him an impracticable and probably 
an impossible task. 



HUGH D. 99. 



Note. Since the above was made ready for the press 
there has come to me through the hands of (). Uinvviddie, 
of Plum Grove, from Miss Emma C. Dinwiddie, of Evan- 
ston, III., an outline of descendants of three Hugh Din- 
widdies, herself the eighth child of the third Hugh Din- 
widdie, which outline, .as a valuable addition to the real 
Dinwiddie history which the Clan wish to collect and pre- 
serve, I insert here in full. As the readers will see it con- 
firms my conjecture in regard to Major Hugh Dunwoody, 
and it shows also that where I wrote a third Hugh Din- 
widdie married to Jean Crawford, I ought to have written 
the "first." 

For both the confirmation and the correction I am 
thankful to Miss E. C. Dinwiddie. • I am sure her outline 
will be of general interest. T. H. B. 

HUGH DINWIDDIE (NO. I.) 

Among the early settlers of the "Manor of Maske," 
which was a reservation set apart for family use by Wm. 
Perm, we find the names of David and Hugh Dinwiddie. 
The "Manor of Maske" was located in what is now York 
and Adams counties, Pa., but the erection of the Manor 
was so little congenial with the wants or interest of the 
early settlers that the plan was abandoned and this large 
estate divided for the use of the settlers. 

Among the names of these early settlers we find David 
Dinwiddie (Dunwoody) April 4, 1741; Hugh Dinwiddie 
(Dunwoody) April 4, 1 74 1 . 

L.cfC. 



ioo. DINWIDDIE CLAN. 



They took the land in 1741 but not until 1765 were the 
proper record Warrants given upon Wm. Penn's reserva- 
tion. Then we find David I).. April 16, 1765. 400 acres, 
and Hugh 1).. April 16, 1765, 400 acres. 

These settlers styled themselves the "Yeomanry" and 
were absolute owners of the soil upon which they trod and 
upon which they held secure titles. Owing to State and 
Manor difficulties the legislature of Pennsylvania on March 
12, [802, gave perfect titles to these early settlers upon 
payment ol purchase and interest money from 1765 to 
1S02. 

The most prominent Scotch-Irish settlement in York 
Co.. Pa., was the' "Marsh Creek settlement" of which the 
present town of Gettysburg is the center. The name is 
taken from the small stream Marsh Creek. This district 
has given prominent men in civil military matters. Called 
upon in their early history to do active service against the 
Indians they became inured to all sorts of hardships 
and were a thoroughly self-dependent and aggressive peo- 
ple. It was in this district that David ane Hugh D. locat- 
ed lands, and while David distinguished himself in church 
affairs, Hugh was equally active in military affairs. The 
first record that we have of Hugh as a soldier is in the 
Associated Companies of York, 1 756, Captain Hugh IX. 
66 privates. 

Many of these settlers were abducted and held in cap- 
tivity by the Indians. The wife of Hugh D., displayed 
great coolness and courage during these troubles with the 



HUGH D. ioi. 



Indians. It is related of her that on the 13th day of April, 
1 7^8, seeing the smoke from the burning houses of her 
neighbors and knowing that the flames had been kindled 
by the Indians, she saddled her horse and with her four 
little children stowed away in the saddle-bags thrown 
across him, fled to the fort or block house, where her hus- 
band Capt. D., was on duty, thus saving the life of her- 
self and her children. At the time of the Revolutionary 
War the zeal of the Scotch-Irish of York Co., for military 
service that they had shown in Indian warfare had in no 
way abated. To this section belongs the honor of send- 
ing the first company of riflemen from the west of the 
Hudson River to Boston. Hugh D. responded to the call 
for service and in the American Archives, 4th series, Vol. 
2, page 1743-44, we find the election of York Co., officers 
of Revolutionary War. Hugh D., was on July 28, 1775, 
elected Major of 2nd Battalion. He served as Major of 
2nd Battalion until Dec. 31, 1776, when he was elected 
Lieutenant Colonel of the 3d Battalion. He died while 
in service at Philadelphia, Jan. 12, 1777. 

Hugh D. was married to Jean Crawford, daughter of 
John Crawford, no date of time or place of marriage. In 
his will dated 1776, he mentions his children as follows: 

1. Rosanna, wife of James Downey. 
John, who died in 1780. 
David, who died in 1780. 



Hugh. 



Robert, died in vouth. 



102. 1)1 XWIDDIK CLAN. 



6. Jean, wife of Samuel Furgeson. 

7. Sarah, wife of James Patlon. 

8. Martha, wife of McKee. 
g. Isabel, wife of James Reed. 

HUGH DINWIDDIE (NO. II.) 

Hugh D., son of Hugh I)., was horn Aug. 26, 1766, died 
Sept. 25, 1829, aged 63 years. He was horn and passed 
ids youth on hi- father's farm, in York Co., Pa. He was 
eleven years old when his father Lieut. Col. Dinwiddie 
died. lie was one ol the lour children that his mother. 
Jean Crawford Dinwiddie put into her saddled)a,L, r s and 
fled to tin- fort with them when Indians attacked their 
neighbors. Hugh I), was married to Martha Finley, April 
12, 1792. by Rev. Alex. Dobbins, in Hamilton Bann Town- 
ship, York Co., Pa. The children of this marriage were: 
i. John I)., horn Feb. 2^, 1793, died May 22, I S63 ; ii. Sarah 
1).. wife of Geo. Heagy, born Dec. 6, 1794. died May 31, 
1833- 

Hugh I), married the second time. Sarah Black, of Ad- 
ams Co., Pa., born Aug. IS, 1779, died May 13, i860. 

Children: 



Hugh, bom Feb. 10. 1799. died Dec. 21, 1876. 
Henry B., bom Dec. 30, 1800. 
David, born March 20, 1803, died May 16, [884. 
Jane C, bom March 6, 1805, died Aug. 10, 1839. 
Robert, born Sept. 13, 1807, died April I, 1S43. 
James B., born Nov. 28, 1809. died May 8. 1881. 



HUGH D. 103. 



7. Anna M., born Aug. 20, 1S12, died Sept. 17. 1S76. 

8. Rosanna, born Aug. 8, 1815, died July 24, 1850. 

9. Franklin, born July 14, 1818, living at Rockville, Ind. 

HUGH DINWIDDIE (NO. III.) 

Hugh D., sou of Hugh D., son of Hugh D., was born in 
Adams Co. Pa., Feb. 10. 1799. In early manhood he en- 
gaged in the furniture business in Gettysburg, Pa. He 
held an honored and respected place among his fellow- 
townsmen, and more than once they gave expression to it 
by electing him to an office of trust. He was a Presby- 
terian and served as a ruling elder in the Presbyterian 
church of Gettysburg, Pa., until he removed with his 
family to Peoria, 111., in 1857. Again in Peoria he was 
elected to the office of ruling elder, which he held until his 
death, Dec. 21, 1876. Gentle in manner, faithful in friend- 
ship, upright in all business transactions, friends were 
many, enemies none. In politics he was first a Whig, af- 
terwards a Republican; always deeply interested in affairs 
of state and country. 

He was married in Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 16, 1828, to 
Mary Williams. 

Children: 

1. Jane E., 5. Mary A., 

2. David W., 6. Louisa C, 

3. Robert, 7. Anna W., 

4. Sarah M., 8. Emma C. 



104- DINWIDDIE CLAX. 



Note. Having followed the five pages of Miss Din- 
wiedie's manuscript closely, I put, for convenience, sake. 
the sixth page in a little different form to which I am sure 
sin- will not object. T. II. B. 

LINDSAY. 

4. "4." Sarah M. Dinwiddie was married to James C. 
Lindsay, at Peoria, 111., Sept. 9, 1858. Children: Charles 
C, Mary B., William M. 

5. i. Charles C. Lindsay was married to YVinfred 
Wightman, June 8, 1887. Daughter: 6. i. Dorothy I.. 
Lindsay. 

ELDER. 

4. "6." Louisa C. Dinwiddie was married to Joseph 
Elder, at Peoria, 111., June 22, 1865. Children: Mary D., 
Annie L., Joseph Edwin, Emma M., Herbert D. 

5. III. Joseph E. Elder was married to Eleanor F. 
I [all, ( )ct. 24, 1 901. 

5. V. Herbert D. Elder was married to Claribel Vor- 

is, Nov. 12, 1897. 

ROGERS. 

4. "7." Anna W. Dinwiddie was married to James I. 
Rogers, at Peoria, Oct. 8, 1863. Children: Harry J., 
May, Herbert D., Charles O. 

5. I. Harry J. Rogers was married to Carrie Sammis, 
March 8, 1S90. Daughter: 6. i. Alice Rogers. 



HILL CHURCH. 105. 



Miss Dinwiddie has also furnished the following: 

THE OLD -HILL" CHURCH. 

This old church was built in 1793. It is located in 
Freedom Township, Pa., Adams Co. It took the place 
of the original log church of the Reformed Presbyterians 
that stood on the Dunwoody Farm. This log church was 
built about the year 175 1 and stood on David D's farm. 
In April 1753 David D. and Jeremiah Morrow were or- 
dained ruling elders. (The first ruling elders elected in 
America so far as I can find.) This was the "meetin' 
house" of a little company of Scotch-Irish Covenanter 
that settled in Adams Co., not far from Gettysburg, Pa. 
Previous to the erection of the log church on David D's 
farm they held "tent" services. The tent of the Coven- 
anters is described as simply a stand in the woods with a 
shelter over a board braced against a tree on which to lay 
Bible and Psalm-book, with rude seats in front for the 
congregation, over whom there was no covering but the 
sky. This tent service was also on David D's farm. In 
partaking of the Lord's supper our forefathers seated 
themselves at a long table and before taking their places 
would hand in their "tokens." Some of these lead tokens 
are still in existence. They are about V 2 inch in length 
and nearly as wide with letters R. P. (Reformed Presby- 
terian) on one side and L. S. (Lord's Supper) on the other 
side with the date 1752. 

14 



io6. DINWIDDIE CLAN. 



Dinwiddies whose relationship has not been traced back 
to Marsh Creek, Pennsylvania. 

i. John A. Dinwiddie, oi Springfield, Ohio, son of John 

K. Dinwiddie, born in Green county, Ohio. 

2. Archibald F. Dinwiddie, of Booneville, Indiana, son 
ol Archibald S. Dinwiddie, who died near Madison, Indi- 
ana, and who entered lands in Kentucky and in Indiana 
many years ago. 

3. Lee Dinwiddie, of Fowler, Indiana. 

4. Prof. James Dinwiddie, Principal of Peace Institute, 
Raleigh, North Carolina. 

5. 6. Edgar L. Dinwiddie and A. B. Dinwiddie, in 
University School, Principal and Associate Principal, at 
Clarksville, Tennessee. 

7. Rev. William Dinwiddie, of Alexandria, Virginia. 
[878, He writes: 

'•My grandfather's father, William Dinwiddie, came from 
Pennsylvania to Virginia before the Revolutionary War. 
He settled and lived out his life in Campbell county, Vir- 
ginia, about 15 miles from Lynchburg. He was a soldier 

in the battle of Guilford, N. C, and my grandfather often 
told me he recollected distinctly his return from the war. 
This William Dinwiddie had three sons, Joseph, John, and 
William; one daughter, Nancy, who married Thomas Dix- 
on, of Campbell county, Virginia." His grandfather, Jos- 
eph, he further says, was born Jan. 5, 1775, and died Feb. 
1861, "age S6 years." "John had a large family of sons." 



LETTERS. 107. 



William "died many years ago." A grandson of his, a 
graduate of the Military Institute at Lexington, Virginia, 
is a professor now (1878) "in a college in Texas." 

8. J. M. Dinwiddie, cashier of Cedar Rapids Savings 
Bank, Iowa. 

9. Rev. Edwin C. Dinwiddie, Harrisburg. 

10. Lytte A. Dinwiddie, Fayetteville, Tenn. 

11. Oman Dinwiddie Gray, editor of Sturgeon (Mo.) 

12. Leader, of Boone county, Missouri, son of Mrs. 

13. Sophia Dinwiddie Gray, only child of John Reid 
Dinwiddie, who with his brother, Dr. Archibald Dinwid- 
die, went from Indianapolis about 1845, anc ^ settled near 
Fayette, Missouri. These were sons of some Thomas Din- 
widdie. 

VI. EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS. 

From Mary Dinwiddie, of London, her letter of Feb. 5, 
1886, being dated at Gloucester Crescent, Regents Park, 
N. W. London. Apologizing for her mother's delay in 
answering the letter from Orchard Grove and assigning a 
good reason, she proceeds and says: "I am as well able 
as my mother to answer your questions about the Dinwid- 
die History, as far as we know it, having corresponded for 
my mother with Mr. Brock and having supplied him with 
the material for the notes to his book. I do not think- 
there is much more to be told than is to be found in his 
work. 

I searched through the records in the Register House 



i OS. DIXWIDDIE CLAN. 



in Edinburg and copied all the registration of oar name, 
which 1 will copy and enclose. We can only trace- our 
direct line to 1675, from which date we have the "family 
tree." The registers of the county of Dumfries were not 
preserved up to that date, but we feel that all Dinwiddies 
must have sprung from the Dinwiddies of Dumfrieshire. 

Should we in further visits to that part of the country 
be able to trace anything that would be of interest to give, 

it will give much pleasure to acquaint you with the same." 

From this same Mary Dinwiddie, a card came in 1901. 
having on it a beautiful picture in colors of Westminister 
Abbey, and on it she writes: 

"Good wishes to all of the Clan." In behalf of the Clan 
"Thanks to 'Cousin' Mary of London." 

From Rev. William Dinwiddie, pastor of the Second 
Presbyterian Church, in Alexandria, Virginia, who has 
been already mentioned, the following genealogy has been 
received : 

1. William Dinwiddie who went from Pennsylvania to 
to Virginia before 1775, who had three sons, Joseph, John 
and William : 

2. Joseph, whose children were Elizabeth blunter, Wil- 
liam Wacthall, and Celina Frances Dinwiddie, who mar- 
ried Robert Wacthall and had a large family: 

3. William W. Dinwiddie, who had nine sons and two 
daughters, the names of the sons being William, Joseph, 



LETTERS. 109. 

John C, James, Rees, Harman, Marshall, Walter, and Edgar 
Evans. The two daughters were twins and were the first 
born, and the nine sons followed born between 1830 and 
1852. Of these sons two, William and John, became Pres- 
byterian ministers. 

4. Rev. William Dinwiddie, nine children, Elizabeth 
Morton, Mary Agnes, William, Albert Bledsoe, Edmond 
Lee, Edgar Evans, and Howard Brooke. Also Courtenay, 
1882. The Dinwiddies of this family are tall, six feet 
high and up to six feet three inches. Question. Was this 
William Dinwiddie who settled in Virginia one of the 
seven sons of that William Dinwiddie who lived and died 
near Mercersburg and who had a brother named David? 
And, if so, are they not all connected with the Covenanter 
Elder of Marsh Creek? All children ought to have two 
names besides their family name. There would 
not then be so much uncertainty in tracing family lines. 

Edgar E. Dinwiddie, apparently one of the nine broth- 
ers named above, writing from Clarksville, Tennessee, 
savs: ''There are only five of us now left, the oldest near- 
ly 70, the youngest 48." His date is Oct. 1, 1900. Re- 
ferring to those who had been teachers, he says, "six of 
us have been engaged in such work." He cannot attend 
"the reunions because," he writes, "they come at a time I 
am compelled to be at home to attend to my school mat- 
ters." He would like a copy of this book. 

In the catalogue of the Peace Institute for young ladies, 
" at Raleigh, N. C, for the year 1895- 1896, James Dinwiddie, 



no. DI\\\ 1DD1L CLAN. 



M. A., oi University of Virginia, Principal, arc the follow- 
ing names of teachers: Mrs. B. M. Dinwiddie, and Misses 
X. C. Dinwiddie. S. II. Dinwiddie, J. W. Dinwiddie, Sue 
II. Dinwiddie, and Bettie C. Dinwiddie. Whether these 
five young ladies are sisters dors not appear in the cata- 
logue. 

One correspondent, a Dinwiddie himself, hut it maybe 
discreet to withhold his name and locality, writing in Oct. 
1897, says: "I have met a great many men by the name 
of Dinwiddie and 1 have got my first one to meet yet that 
was not a gentleman; and all of the women of that family 
are fine looking ladies, ami I have two sisters that are 
beautiful. There are only three of us children living." 

The youn^ men can appreciate the withholding of name 
and place. 

Rev. Edwin C. Dinwiddie. Secretary of the American 
Anti-Saloon League, writes: date Feb. 3. 1899- "When 
in Georgia six years ago, 1 met a couple of Dunwoodysof 
prominence near Atlanta. They seemed to know about 
the family and told me that three brothers came over from 
the north of Ireland whither they had gone from Scot- 
land in persecution days and that they finally scattered, 
• me Robert. Lt. Governor of Virginia, remaining in that 
state, one going to Pennsylvania, one to Georgia. That 
they were from the Georgian and changed their name to 
Dunwoody because their grandfather did not like Robert's 
ways and record as Governor, and that I was undoubtedly 



LETTERS. in. 



from the Pennsylvania!!. This bore out all my informa- 
tion concerning our Adams county, Pennsylvania, ances- 
try. Could not the brothers you name, settling at Marsh 
Creek in 1 74 1 or thereabouts, have been the sons of the 
brother of Robert and the Georgian, and have been the 
stock of all of us Pennsylvania descendants? 

Do you know of the Dinwiddies at Janesville, Wiscon- 
sin? I understand there was a Dinwiddie in the Indiana 
Legislature in about '94 or '95 whom you probably know." 

Wm, H. Dunwoody, of Minneapolis, writes, under date 
of Jan. 3, 1899, "It may interest you to know that the 
grandmother of Theodore Roosevelt, of New York, was a 
Dunwoody. She was a daughter of a distant relative of 
ours born in Georgia." 

In a reply to an invitation to attend the Dinwiddie Re- 
union of 1900 the following was received: 

Mr. O. Dinwiddie, • August 23, 1900. 

Orchard Grove, Ind. 

My Dear Sir: 

I am directed by the Governor to acknowledge re- 
ceipt of your kind letter of invitation of recent date and 
in reply thereto that he regrets exceedingly that he can- 
not comply with your request. All his engagements are 
made by the National Committee and every available 
date is filled. He is very sorry but thanks you heartily 
for your courtesy in the matter. 

Very respectfully, 

George Curtis Treadwell, 
Colonel and Military Secretary. 



II2 . DINWIDDIE CLAN. 



The following is copied from a type written letter with 
an autograph signature. 

"New York, Nov. 25. 1898. 

O. Dinwiddie, Esq., 

Orchard Grove, Ind. 
My Dear Sir: 

Permit me, at this late clay, to thank you for the 
kind words contained in your valued letter ot the 12th. 

Yonrs very truly, 

T. ROOSEVELT." 

Information from Mrs. John Dinwoodie, of Flesherton, 
Ontario. 

John Dinwoodie was horn in Monaghan, Ireland, in 
1817, removed to Toronto in 1847. He died in 1894. He 
left four children, twenty-three grandchildren, and seven 
great-grandchildren. His father's name was George, who 
had three brothers, Frank, James, and Hugh. Date, Nov. 
1898. 

Mrs. Dinwoodie, of Ontario, is evidently an intelligent 
woman. 

Letters examined also from Forster Dunwoody, of Ire- 
land; Robert Dunwoody, native of Monaghan, written 
from Belfast, Ireland, "a very successful tea merchant;" 
Mary Dinwiddie, of England, who offers to send a photo- 
graph of Governor Dinwiddie; Thomas Dinwiddy, Green- 
wich, England; John L. Dinwiddie, who writes from "The 



LETTERS. 113. 

Manse, Ruthwell," Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and says, "I 
was appointed minister of the parish of Ruthwell nine 
years ago," and he also says, one derivation of the name- 
is from "Alleyn Dinwithie, who appears to have been a 
henchman of and ennobled by King Robert the Bruce;" 
and letters from many others. 

Dr. Dinwiddie K. Phillips, of Madison Run, Virginia, 
writes: "My father's mother was, previous to her mar- 
riage, a Miss Fowke; her mother was a Miss Dinwiddie 
(Elizabeth by name) and daughter of Mr. John Dinwiddie, 
a brother of Gov. Robert Dinwiddie (Colonial Gov. of 
Virginia) and of Mr. Lawrence Dinwiddie, Provost of 
Glasgow, Scotland." 

"Whilst in Scotland some thirty-one years ago I learned 
that the old barony of Dinwiddie and the adjoining one of 
Sibbaldie were merged into what now bears the name ot 
Applegarth, and that the change was of such ancient date 
that but few remembered there had ever existed such a 
Barony as that of Dinwiddie. A few days after leaving 
Edinboro I met with Gilbert Hamilton Dinwiddie at his 
residence in London. Me was an immediate descendant 
(as I now remember) of the Governor * * *. He informed 
me that he was at the battle of New Orleans, and one of 
those who had encountered Andrew Jackson in arms." 

One more sentence from this letter. "I very much re- 
gret that I am unable to assist you very far in your re- 
searches into the Dinwiddie branch of our (doubtless) mu- 
tual progenitors." 

From Madison Run, Dec. 31, 1898, Miss Nannie W. 
Phillips, probably a daughter of Dr. Phillips, writes: 

15 



n 4 . DINWIDDIE CLAN. 



"Some weeks ago 1 promised my mother to make you a 
copy of any papers we have in regard to the Dinwiddie 
family." * * "Alter a careful search I find very little 
about that branch. 1 )o not find the name mentioned far- 
ther hack than John Dmuiddie, brother of Robert, Gov- 
ernor of Virginia. 1 scud you copies ot some general out- 
lines of the different branches ot my lather's ancestors." 

"My mother joins me in best wishes to you, and in the 
hope that your undertaking will be a success." 

Dr. D. B. Phillips was Surgeon of the noted Merrimac. 

Extract from a Magazine. 

In "Tut: Biographer and Review," for Feb. 1899, Don- 
don, England, by Leonard Smithers, which contains 
sketches of seventeen noted men, and which has just 
come to the Editor's hands to-day, Jan. 8, 1902, the first 
sketch is of Thomas Dinwiddy, of London, Architect. 
He was born, the Review says, in 1S45. "Of Scotch de- 
scent, the surname Dinwithie, Dinwiddie, or Dinwiddy 
(see Scottish Nation, Vol. II.) is derived from the lairds 
of that name with ancient estates in Dumfries, where Din- 
widdie Station on the Caledonian Railway, a castle, and 
other spots, still mark the old clan, its earliest mention 
being in [296. In [501, and again in 1512, it is recorded 
the lairds were slain in a tend with the neighboring clan ol 
Sir Alexander Jardine. 

yp yfc tF ?F 

In 1547 the Laird of Dinwiddie, with forty-lour follow- 
ers, gave allegiance to England." The Review also 
speaks of the Battle of Dryef Sands and quotes a stanza 
of the poem. 



LETTERS. 115. 



Not much in this extract is new to the readers of this 
book; but it shows that writers widely separated have 
drawn material from the same sources. 

( )f the architect the Review says, that at the age of 
nineteen he started, "a friendless youth, to win his way 
by his profession in London, in the teeth of many re- 
verses and impositions." And he succeeded. "Before 
he was twenty Mr. Dinwiddy opened offices in 
Greenwich and from that time through a third of a cen- 
turv's practice has there continued his official and family 
quarters." He was married to Miss E. C. Rooke, April 4, 
"six years after starting practice." His many successes 
as an architect amid much competition cannot be detailed 
here, nor the noted buildings he has planned. "In 1888 
the Princess Beatrice laid the foundation stone of one of 
his buildings." 

"At the present time [1899] Mr. Dinwiddy is engaged 
as architect upon works to a value exceeding a quarter of 
a million." Pounds is probably to be understood, not dol- 
lars. He is, besides an architect, a noted "rating expert." 
In the revaluation of 1895 an ^ 1896 "the capital of the 
special properties he dealt with exceeded fifteen millions 
sterling." In the work of valuations he has had a large 
success. The entire article is full of interest, mentioning 
his Manor House, silver wedding in 1897, his family, six- 
sons and a daughter, his position in "Freemasonry" as 
Worshipful Master where the Prince of Wales was an hon- 
orary member, [1899] but no more extracts can be given. 
For a quotation from a letter written to O. Dinwiddie by 
this noted architect of London see page 16. 



u6. . DINWIDDIE (LAX. 



Before this section VI. had passed through the press a 

letter of much interest came from [. F. Dunwoody, of 
Joplin. Missouri, Sec. of Brand-Dunwoody Milling Co., 
dated March I, 1902. He is a descendant, however, of 
David Dunwoody, of Chester county, and not of David 
Dunwoody, properly Dinwiddie, of Marsh Creek. Acom- 
munication has also jusl been received from the Wilson- 
Reunion of Trumbull county, Ohio, in which it is stated 
that only three grandchildren of Mary Dinwiddie and 
John Wilson are now living, Mrs. Isabel Stewart, Mrs. Re- 
becca Hibler,and Mrs. Nancy McCully. Very kindly the 
writer says: "A sketch of the Dinwiddie family is looked 
tor soon, but I doubt not the compiler is finding difficul- 
ties in getting correct data. Let us hope he will not wait 
for complete accuracy in every detail, as errors may be 
easily corrected through subsequent publication." So 
this book will have one- indulgent critic. 

CONCLUSION. 

Research thus far shows that Robert Dinwiddie, Lieut. 
Governor oi the Virginia colony, who seems to have re- 
tired from Virginia to England, and whose tomb is near 
Bristol, had a brother, John Dinwiddie, and that some of 
his descendants are still in Virginia. 

But as yet no one seems to have traced the American 
Dinwiddie line back, through England or Ireland, to the 
acknowledged original home in Scotland. The researches 
show at least lour lines ot Dinwiddies, starting from three 
who are recognized as brothers and from one whose re- 



CONCLUSION. 117. 



lationship has not been established, having many repre- 
sentatives in the United States. 

1 mark them I. indicating thus the first American an- 
cestor. These ancestors are: 

I. Hugh Dinwiddie, of Adams county, or perhaps of 

York, Pennsylvania: 

I. David Dinwiddie, of Adams county: 

I. William Dinwiddie, of Franklin county, near Mer- 
cersburg: 

I. John Dinwiddie, brother of Robert Dinwiddie, of 
Virginia: 

Records show — see Dunwoody book, pages 3 and 4, 
Will of "John Dinwoodie, of Hanover Parish, King 
George's County, Rapahanick River, in Virginia" —that he 
went to Glasgow, which he calls the place of his nativity, 
and there died in 1725 or 1726. He had, in 1725, two 
daughters, "Elizabeth and Jean Dinwoodie." He prob- 
ably left no son. The Dinwiddies of these four lines, al- 
though two of them commence with the form Dunwoody, 
are entirely distinct from the large Dunwoody family, 
starting in Chester county in 1747, who have preserved 
the form Dunwoody in an unbroken line of succession for 
one hundred and fifty years. For the same length of time 
the form Dinwiddie has been preserved unchanged by the 
large group of families now in North-Western Indiana. 
And these are all, probably, Dunwoodys and Dinwiddies 

alike, if the lines could be traced full} - up for three hun- 
dred years, kindred to Mary Dinwiddie and Thomas Din- 
widdv of London, and to Rev. David Dinwoodie of Scot- 



iis. DINWIDDIK CLAN. 



land. The following paragraph from a notice of the 
"Scotch-Irish Families of America," may fittingly close 
these "Records." 

"People of the Scotch race, mostly born in the north of 
Ireland, or their children or grandchildren, comprised 
nearly one-fourth of the total white population of the 
American colonies at the outbreak of the Revolution. In 
proportion to their relative strength they took a more im- 
portant part in that struggle and in all the leading events 
connected with American history since that time than any 
other race. The}- furnished more than one-fourth of Wash- 
ington's generals and more than one-half of the leading 
officers of the civil war, on both sides, as well as a large 
proportion of the leading statesmen of the country since 
1776, including eleven presidents out of the twenty-four, 
most of the great editors of the country, nearly all of the 
great inventors, and a very large proportion of the judici- 
ary of the federal courts. To the Scottish race in Amer- 
ica belong such men as Grant, Webster, Calhoun, Greeley, 
Fulton, Morse, Edison, Paul Jones, Perry, Andrew Jackson. 
Washington Irving, Poe, Blaine, Logan, Hendricks, Sam- 
uel Houston, David Crockett, Alexander G. Bell, Monroe, 
Watterson, C. H. McCormick, James Gordon Bennett, A. 
T. Stewart, Buchanan, Johnson, Hayes, Arthur, Harrison, 
McKinley, and others." 

While the editor of this book is himself of Puritan and 
Huguenot blood, long lines of which are traced, he finds 
his wife's family, the Creightons. fully identified with 
these "Scotch-Irish of the border," and so it is not strange 
that he with her should find a welcome in the re-unions of 
the Dinwiddie Clan of Indiana. 



INDEX. 



119. 



PAGE 

Armitage 83 

Bothwell 36 

Browned 53 

Bryant 60 

Bryant 75 

Bagley 68 

Berdine J J 

Brooks 84 

Buchanan 61 

Childs 69 

Childs 61 

Crooks 33 

Cooper 64 

Cox 85 

Cross 83 

Davis 68 

Dinwiddies. 

Fol r Davids . . 20 

William 5th 23 

Will of 2^ 

David 6th 32 

David 7th 70 

David 8th J2 

David of Oregon 56 

Thomas 48 

John W 50 

Thomas P 70 

Dr William 7S 

Major W. A 80 

Hugh 83 

David son of Hugh 84 

Hugh D. 1 99 

Hugh D. II 102 

Hugh D. Ill 103 

Other Dinwiddies 95 

Dowel 1 68 

Dilley 74 

Dilley 76 



pa<;k 

Dilley j 7 

Drake 49 

Emery 42 

Espy 84 

Foster 57 

George 60 

Gidley 69 

Gormley 52 

Holm 43 

Holmes 34 

Hair 39 

Hochhalter 53 

Hill 55 

Hurst 33 

Hoshaw 67 

Hamilton 86 

Kinzie y-j 

Leroy 76 

Morgan 42 

Monteith 41 

Miller 49 

McAlpin 66 

Macy 57 

Marks 64 

Neff 41 

Nichols 55 

Nichols 69 

Nichols 77 

Potter 82 

Pearce 58 

Pearce 62 

Ross 45 

Ross 59 

Servis 61 

Stahl 62 

Smiley . .66 

Slocomb 54 

Smith 7s 



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INDEX. 



PAGE 

Stanwaity 85 

Sweney ' S| » 

Turner 33 

Turner 37 

Turner '. . 4 I 

Turner -43 

Turner 43 

West 49 

Williamson 82 

Wilson J. M 65 

Wilson J. H 63 

Wilson John 31 

Wilson Thomas II 32 



PAGE 

Zachary 56 

Omitted in their order. 

Stone 34 

Lindsay 104 

Elder. Rogers 104 

Extract from letters. . . 107 
Extract Dunwoodybook93 

Thomas Dinwiddy 114 

William Shinn 50 

David B. Fickle 67 

William Wilson 88 

Conclusion 116 



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